Re: "Usefull languages"

In a message dated 2002.02.18 12.04.27 PM, and_yo@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

>The Aquamarine Demon wrote:
>>OT: I assume most pioneers probably had a bible, but then, I don't think
>>that's much more entertaining than a dictionary, imo....
>>
>
>You rather like dictionaries, do you? In any case, IMHO pretty much ANY
>continuous text, be it the mission statement of the Uzbek ministry of
>cotton, is more interesting than a dictionary.
    I like dictionaries a lot myself (esp'ly foreign language dictionaries
and polyglot ones)... but I also like "continous text" too. But I have also
had the recent politico-aesthetic joy of reading the Constitution of the
Netherlands [thanx Christophe].
    Occasionally I have been known to read gum wrappers, phone books, and
ingredient lists on cereal boxes ;)


∞
czHANg23, Agent Provocateur of Creative Chaos

"There is no total revolution, there is only perpetual Revolution,
like love, dazzling at every moment." ~~~ Paul Eluard

"The great majority of us are required to live a life of constant duplicity.
Your health is bound to be affected if, day after day, you say the opposite
of what you feel, if you grovel before what you dislike, and rejoice at what
brings you nothing but misfortune." ~~~ Boris Pasternak

- Occupation?  -Resistance.
- What are you rebelling against?  -What do you have?

                ~ thee Tru Pries ov Existenz iz Ætern'l Warfær & Creativ
Playf'llniz~

Replies