Not Dead!!!
Thought I’d lead with the same thing I make my kids shout after hearing a loud thump from somewhere in the house.
I’ve been away for a long time with various messy life things, so was thrilled to the see the lovely Rochelle still flying the fictioneer flag. Therefore, I decided it was about time I popped in to say hello with my offering for this weeks Friday Fictioneers,
Lovely to see some familiar faces and many new ones. I’m looking forward to reading everyone’s work again. It’s been far too long.
If anyone would like to have a go, click the link above. Every week Rochelle picks a photo prompt and all you need to do is write a story, no longer than 100 words, and submit. Don’t forget to click the frog and add your link so everyone can see where you are.
This weeks photo was supplied by Roger Bultot.
Happy writing , and hope you enjoy my story.
If you’d like to read any of the other stories from this prompt, find them here.
Strange Lines
Kali stroked the thin white lines.
“What are these strange markings?”
“The old language.” Her sister pointed to the scrawl above her head. “Look, this one says War.”
Kali listened as her sister translated the others. Almost no-one in the New Kingdom understood the old language anymore.
“It’s kind of beautiful – in a primitive way.” Kali picked up a ripe pear and breathed in its syrupy scent.
“Language is constantly evolving. One day people will say the same about code.”
Kali stifled a giggle. “Not a chance, code will always exist.”
Her sister smiled. “I’m sure, once they thought the same about words.”
103 Words
Life too may just one stage in the evolution of matter
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A very likely point, thanks for reading.
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This is good, Cheryl. I’m going to look at your other ff stories and see if I know you.
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Thanks for reading Ted, I hope you enjoy them. I haven’t been on here for a while, we could’ve met online some time ago 🙂
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Oh yes, things constantly change, don’t they? Nicely done.
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Thanks Anthony 🙂
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Please don’t take our words from us! Great dialogue. Nice to meet you Cheryl.
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Nice to meet you too Iain, thanks for reading.
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Glad you’ve found your way back! Oh, and great story too!
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Thanks Russell, great to be back!
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Very true. Just a few hundred years ago English was virtually unrecognisable (well, not to hundreds of years ago English people I suppose) 🙂
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Language changes all the time, who knows what it will change into. Thanks for reading
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And of course, Cheryl, there are hundreds of writing systems in current use by the thousands of languages in our world.
They all evolve, and some die out.
Thought-provoking piece.
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Thank you, would be interesting to see, as the world got smaller, whether we developed a universal language.
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Oh, that was marvelous. I wonder if something like that will come in my lifetime.
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Thank you 🙂 You never know, language is constantly changing.
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Dear Cheryl,
Language and customs do evolve. When I think about the slang my mother used in her teens and I in mine, it’s a history lesson. Good to see you back.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks Rochelle, great to be back.
I know what you mean, my kids are constantly teaching me new words…and rolling their eyes when I say something “only old people say!”
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Interesting – will there be as many codes as languages and will the difference create conflict?
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Eventually, I could see us developing a universal language, something that multiple species could understand. But in my experience, where there’s difference there will always be conflict.
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Great take on the prompt. Everything changes.
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Thanks Susan, glad you liked it!
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Yup, everything’s changing and evolving sometimes out of existence and nothing’s safe.
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It’s the way of the world.
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I think the day will come when words are too dangerous to write.
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Sadly, I think you may be right there.
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I enjoyed your use of the prompt, it was different and good
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Thanks Mike 🙂
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