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Is it possible to recieve a message in another language or something else like sign language? I had a dream where some girl was saying something and signing it in sign language, but I don't know sign language! Is it possible it actually meant something? (But i forget what she did, so I would have no way to figure it out, but I'm still curious)
I'd like to think anything is possible in your dreams, so yeah, why not a message in another language? ;)
I don't know sign language either, but your post reminded me of a Sesame Street book I read with my brother when I was little that taught basic sign language. I don't remember anything in it, but I suppose my subconcious may have stored it in my memory and it could pop up in a dream sometime.
I think there may be a message in the sign language, but at the same time, there may not be. Sometimes, and I've noticed this with languages a lot, at first glance it looks like utter gibberish, but if you stare at it long enough, it starts to make some sense. It may not even have been real sign language, but a sort of made up one that should have been obvious but you couldn't comprehend at the moment.
I've had people in my dreams start garbling something out in various languages. The weirdest one had to be in Farcey, and I had no clue what the man was saying.
But not understanding the language reminds me of another dream I've had. In it, I spoke a language I have long forgotten. I can understand most of it in waking life, but I was really reciting some sort of speech in the dream (and I can NOT speak it when I'm awake). In fact, that day I wrote out what I had said and my dad told me it was some sort of archaic, staunchy dialect and that it made sense grammatically but he had no clue what it was supposed to mean.
I suppose the issue of languages may be that it's a message we're not supposed to get, or one that's supposed to take time to understand. Very interesting...
I had a dream in medieval times. We were at a dinner at a lords manor or castle.
The people next to me were speaking a language I could understand. The lords, at the lords table were using another “gibberishy” language we could not understand. I started to focus on the words and, all of a suddenly, I could understand them. I stood up and said, in their language: “Hey, I heard that, I demand an apology?”. Apparently they were talking derogatorily about us. That was the whole dream.
I have no clue if what they spoke was real or not though.
Actually, it really isn't rude to speak slightingly of people in a language that they do not understand... where is the insult if no offense is intended? But the rudeness would only come if they were deliberately excluding you from the conversation. So it is at dinner parties that people inquire about to see if there is any common language everybody can understand.Quote:
Originally posted by icuurd12b42
I had a dream in medieval times. We were at a dinner at a lords manor or castle.
The people next to me were speaking a language I could understand. The lords, at the lords table were using another “gibberishy” language we could not understand. I started to focus on the words and, all of a suddenly, I could understand them. I stood up and said, in their language: “Hey, I heard that, I demand an apology?”. Apparently they were talking derogatorily about us. That was the whole dream.
I have no clue if what they spoke was real or not though.
Now, what you did was rude, to jump up and take offense where none was intended. What you might have done was to ask them to "pass the salt" in their own language, thus clueing them in, that they had been un-intentionally been offensive.
Not rude? Well, it all depends if your cultural background is that of an ass.Quote:
Originally posted by Leo Volont
Actually, it really isn't rude to speak slightingly of people in a language that they do not understand... where is the insult if no offense is intended? But the rudeness would only come if they were deliberately excluding you from the conversation. So it is at dinner parties that people inquire about to see if there is any common language everybody can understand.
Now, what you did was rude, to jump up and take offense where none was intended. What you might have done was to ask them to "pass the salt" in their own language, thus clueing them in, that they had been un-intentionally been offensive.
Not intended? They did not intend on being understood, the intent was a good laugh at our expense, right in our face no less. they deserved it. I woke up though I hope my character impaled at least one of them. Hehehe. (That’s not me talking, just the character I was in the dream). They were acting as though they were interacting with us, smiling and laughing with us. When they really, in their own dialog, were laughing at us and insulting us directly, in their language. Not right.
I was sitting at the very far end of our table, the furthest from them. A sign that I was most likely the least educated (in manners and subtleties) of my group. I did not really care of insulting them. I was a warrior and had our honour to protect! I mean, you don’t ask for help in a war and insult your potential allies, even if they don’t understand your language. Especially if the war is going badly for you.