05-27-2007, 08:31 PM | #1 |
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Being the dingaling that I am
after I read the Legends of Gilgamesh from the translation of seven translators, I wondered what Akkadian looked like. Cunieform means wedge-shaped, but the rules governing their use are very arcane and complex.
In other words, I was sorry I inquired. http://www.sron.nl/~jheise/akkadian/Welcome_list.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkadian_language Actually it looks quite Arabic and somewhat Hebraic, IOW, quite complex.
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05-27-2007, 08:40 PM | #2 |
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Did you really just call yourself a ding-a-ling? That's funny.
I did a junior high project on cunieform. I had to write a paper, but you got extra credit if you provided a visual aid. So I bought a ton of play-do and rolled it out really thin and then used a wedge (it was actually a tupperware orange peeler) to make the characters. man I was a nerd. |
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A real rebel, huh? I never in a million years would have done that. But there was a guy in my biology class that used the bunsen burner to fry part of his fetal pig dissection, and then he ate it. I think he was trying to impress the girls.
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We made the rum to get the girls drunk. It didn't matter they were already drunk.
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Oh man, that's funny.
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The professor claims it's easier than it looks because there aren't too many conjugations. I'm not falling for that, though.
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