Well, yeah, you could make explosions, but it would take THINKING, and that is HARD.
Yeah, Data seems like someone who could much more probably be subjected to Hollywood Amnesia.
Science words with conlangs are tough, aren't they? I get really blocked with them just because, while they're still pretty naturalistic, they're also a bit more derivative as people revise and update the way they categorize the universe. Plus, the need for precision makes it hard to just tack a new definition onto an extant word, and leads to people trying for a logical naming system ... it's a lot harder to take into account, I think.
(Get Medieval is awesome, but the language question doesn't seem to bother me as much. I do remember Asher trying to explain atomic theory to Jacques--I figured he uses alien words when there's no French equivalent and then explains it. Oh, but my favorite is still the translation of "we don't have gravity"--"the rough translation is 'hang on'!")
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Yeah, Data seems like someone who could much more probably be subjected to Hollywood Amnesia.
Science words with conlangs are tough, aren't they? I get really blocked with them just because, while they're still pretty naturalistic, they're also a bit more derivative as people revise and update the way they categorize the universe. Plus, the need for precision makes it hard to just tack a new definition onto an extant word, and leads to people trying for a logical naming system ... it's a lot harder to take into account, I think.
(Get Medieval is awesome, but the language question doesn't seem to bother me as much. I do remember Asher trying to explain atomic theory to Jacques--I figured he uses alien words when there's no French equivalent and then explains it. Oh, but my favorite is still the translation of "we don't have gravity"--"the rough translation is 'hang on'!")