It evolved naturally. It was simply used more on the battlefield not in the Villages. It eventually became their primary language.
It surprised me when I learned it. And I can't seem to find that Linguistics Article now...
It also had a good deal of information on a Native American Language that was meant as a joke to mess with the Europeans...
Movie "zombies" are actually closer to Pathfinder ghouls, not zombies. Before "Night of the Living Dead", zombies were very close to D&D zombies: automatons, except that they were technically alive but THOUGHT they were dead, and had to serve the guy who "made" them.Certainly off-topic but any chance you can name some of those pre-night of the living dead zombie movies? I'm always looking for something different and something in zombies would be nice. I've seen more of the 'the walking dead' style zombies and wouldn't mind something else.
Also thanks for the link, haven't checked it but will give it a go when I get the chance.
Yeah, I can, but you won't like them. They are really boring. The ones that immediately spring to mind are "White Zombie" with Bela Lugosi, and this other one involving a cabinet... really early flick too... Gimme a bit. Caligari something?
Times up!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cabinet_of_Dr._CaligariGo to The_Cabinet_of_Dr._Caligari.
cmastah, dude, Bela might be great, but the flicks are boring. Up to you though to make an evaluation.
Goth Guru, hey man, at least I got MOST of the name. I haven't seen that flick in over a decade!
Yeah, French USED to be large and in charge, but after they started up that silly restrictive language board of theirs, that fizzled. Very arrogant of them, really. There's a reason why it used to be known as the language of diplomacy, as one other guy here noted.
That Native American language "joke"? Wasn't. Used it to befuddle the Germans in WWII by the Americans. Never heard of English as a "battle language" personally.
From everything I have heard, English is the dominant language not from any sort of superior adaptive quality, but because the major world powers for the last 200 years have been English speaking countries.
The fact that English is dominant is basically due to circumstance, and the general habit of mugging every language it comes across for words. The tongue is NOT hostile to the presence of other languages. In fact, English actually thrives on having multiple sources to swipe from.
Basically, unlike many tongues, English is "whatever works, man".
Code talkers, yeah. Although there's also an amusing and supposedly true story about Project Apollo and an old Navajo shepherd.
It's a , but I very much doubt there's any truth to it.
Now I know why all the mooney men and martians hide from our probes and such. :)
But on topic, my Welsh ancestors were conquered by force. No honor to it at all. The English got tired of killing each generation of men so they made a concession with the whole Prince of Wales deal.
This is why Elves and Dwarves find human politics disgusting.
Wrong Era Piccolo. What I am talking about was the American Colonists.
Oh hey, if you guys are looking for battlefield magic that would affect armies as opposed to small groups, I just bought a supplement that seems to address this almost accidentally.
It's called "Knights of the Inner Sea", one of those Pathfinder Player Companion booklets.