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To: SunkenCiv

It was thoughtful of Ogg and his family to leave tape recordings of their language 15,000 years ago.


5 posted on 05/18/2024 10:35:07 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I once tried to read a book written by one of these “linguistic archaeologists”. Such gibberish! I gave up about 1/3 of the way through, tried without success to make sense of his last chapter, and relegated it to the dead-storage locker.

Being incomprehensible passes for intelligence in their circles. I’m reminded of Richard Feynman’s dictum that “if you can’t explain your theory to a cocktail waitress, you don’t understand it yourself”.


22 posted on 05/18/2024 12:24:07 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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