Just a note on the potential for Qestir signing. Â Sign languages are full languages with their own independent lexicon, syntax, etc. Â Signed words aren't just signed representations of English or Eorzean words or whatever; they're words. Â So if "speech is a lie," I would assume that signed speech would be equally a lie. Â The written word is a bit fuzzier, but there are written systems out there that represent things other than language. Â + and - are words, but they're also mathematical functions that we can represent purely symbolically without reference to language, for example. Â I'd imagine Qestir symbols would tend towards the latter.
My two gil having not actually gotten to Reunion.
This is all really fun discussion, but it raises another practical question for other Qestir players: how do you present your name? Â Outside of writing, which the folks here have reasonably mixed feelings about, how does your character meet people and introduce themselves? Â Would names not be "words" as such and so fair game for speaking or do you just wander through life referred to by nicknames applied to you by perplexed Eorzeans?
My two gil having not actually gotten to Reunion.
This is all really fun discussion, but it raises another practical question for other Qestir players: how do you present your name? Â Outside of writing, which the folks here have reasonably mixed feelings about, how does your character meet people and introduce themselves? Â Would names not be "words" as such and so fair game for speaking or do you just wander through life referred to by nicknames applied to you by perplexed Eorzeans?
