Re: Real Conlangs Here, Made-to-Order!
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, April 26, 2003, 15:23 |
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H. S. Teoh scripsit:
> Definitely Chinese technology. After all, the ancient Chinese (circa 1500
> B.C.) invented a device[1] which could see through walls,
> [1] They called it the "window".
Whereas the Scandihoovians (or in English, "People of the Perilous Shore"),
who gave us the word, knew perfectly well that the true function of a
window is to let in the wind, thus making the difference between a
human habitation and a pigsty.
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