Re: Nu Shu
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 30, 1999, 1:20 |
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Ed Heil wrote:
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> Fascinating tidbit from the article on Nu Shu:
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> "The penalty for creating new languages was death for the
> transgressor, their family and nine related families. "
Wow! I guess we can all be glad that isn't true today, eh? :-)
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