Re: HELP: Translating the Babel Text

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 16:04:52 +0200, Rodlox <Rodlox@...> wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: Carsten Becker <naranoieati@...>
>To: <CONLANG@...>
>Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 1:45 PM
>Subject: Re: HELP: Translating the Babel Text
>
>
>> On Saturday 30 October 2004 17:25, Jeffrey Henning wrote:
>>
>>  > On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:32:57 -0000, caeruleancentaur
>
>> As I wrote, I thought my people know what bricks are etc.,
>> but bricks are not very much used.
>
> minor question - are bricks not much used because they're seen as
>expensive/unclean/other ?  the answer to that might - *might* - influence
>how your conlang's speakers would view the Tower of Babel when you translate
>it.
>
> just a thought.
> sorry.
>
> have nice days.
Phew, I haven't thought about that yet.

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