Re: Broo language?

From: valkoharja <rintasaa_at_-iyb1BW_WNPi4KTQD1fO2tDnIuRAcxPjqYJpVD3S-ZQK_c91aSGoDIkvANuh_qgPsbn>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 20:37:32 -0000

[Adept wrote]
>>No doubt a broo spends a lot of time hiding/spying on and stalking >>members of the local culture.

[Goihl & Fahey]
> I worked with Turks for a couple years and learned nothing of
> Turkish. You can listen to people talk all day, but you have to have
> some grasp of a language to learn from hearing it.

Sure, but I'm talking about the Alien-movie-esque larval stage, and immediately after it. A broo is a sort of a parasite, so it could also have some aspects of "culture parasitism". Parhaps it picks up the rudiments of language quickly at that stage? Just a thought.

  -Adept            

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