Book 3. (1 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 13 | 7 | "You will not much care for the processing," said one of my guides. |
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Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 13 | 4 | If the View more quotes about scent">scent-dots were themselves not scented one might be tempted to think of them as graphemes in the language of the Priest-Kings, but since they themselves are scented they are best construed as analogous to uttered phonemes or phoneme combinations, direct expressions of the oral syllabary of the Priest-Kings. |
| 13 | 5 | When surrounded by scent-dots one might suppose the Priest-King to be subjected to a cacophony of stimulation, much as we might be if environed by dozens of blaring radios and television sets, but this is apparently not the case; the better analogy would seem to be our experience of walking down a quiet city street surrounded by printed signs which we might notice but to which we do not pay much attention. |
| 13 | 6 | In our sense there is no distinction between a spoken and written language for the Priest-Kings, though there is an analogous distinction between linguistic patterns that are actually sensed and those which are potentially to be sensed, an example of the latter being the scents of a yet uncoiled scent-tape. |
| 13 | 7 | "You will not much care for the processing," said one of my guides. |
| 13 | 8 | "But it will be good for you," said the other. |
| 13 | 9 | "Why must I be processed?" I asked. |
| 13 | 10 | "To protect the Nest from contamination," said the first. |
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If the scent-dots were themselves not scented one might be tempted to think of them as graphemes in the language of the Priest-Kings, but since they themselves are scented they are best construed as analogous to uttered phonemes or phoneme combinations, direct expressions of the oral syllabary of the Priest-Kings.
When surrounded by scent-dots one might suppose the Priest-King to be subjected to a cacophony of stimulation, much as we might be if environed by dozens of blaring radios and television sets, but this is apparently not the case; the better analogy would seem to be our experience of walking down a quiet city street surrounded by printed signs which we might notice but to which we do not pay much attention.
In our sense there is no distinction between a spoken and written language for the Priest-Kings, though there is an analogous distinction between linguistic patterns that are actually sensed and those which are potentially to be sensed, an example of the latter being the scents of a yet uncoiled scent-tape.
"You will not much care for the processing," said one of my guides.
"But it will be good for you," said the other.
"Why must I be processed?" I asked.
"To protect the Nest from contamination," said the first.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor)