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Re: concepts of Babel text

From:David Peterson <digitalscream@...>
Date:Friday, May 4, 2001, 4:03
In a message dated 5/3/01 8:27:00 PM, fortytwo@GDN.NET writes:

<< But ... by that argument, it shouldn't be translated into English.  With

the exception of Fundamentalists, no one believes that it's true in a

literal sense.  The Kassí would find it unbelievable too, but that

doesn't mean it can't be translated into Uatakassí.  They'd just think

of it as another strange belief of a strange culture. >>

Here, here!

-David