On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 08:06:34PM -0400, Greg Schwartz wrote: > There is another force that may prevent alteration of the language in the > Empire.. the Orb itself. It seems to behave (among other things) as a Also, how long have Dragaerans been literate? Or had printing presses? (They do have those, right?) Do we really know what the long-term effect of universal literary on language change is, especially with a phonetic alphabet, not that we know jack about the Dragaeran alphabet? Combine that with the general mental glacialness of Dragaeran society -- they do everything else slow, I'd have to assume their language didn't change at human rates, even without other factors. Unrealistic? Maybe, but part of the unrealistic package. -xx- Damien X-)