Re: OT<?>: Linguist Heros was Re: No pronoun, no article

Then I have the wrong name there.  You're right.  Name
of the Rose is by Eco, and not at all the short story
I was trying to think of.  I was trying to recall "A
Rose for Ecclesiastes".

Adam the muddle-headed

--- John Cowan <cowan@...> wrote:
> Adam Walker scripsit:
> > I just thought of two more short stories that
> feature
> > linguists -- "Name of the Rose" and "Omnilingual".
> > Sorry, but I can't remember the authors' names.
>
> Umberto Eco and H. Beam Piper.  I think calling
> William of Baskerville
> a linguist is stretching things, though he does know
> Latin, Greek, and
> maybe Arabic.  It's a novel, BTW.
>
> As for "Omnilingual", the point there is that some
> things transcend
> language.
>
> --
> All Norstrilians knew what laughter was:        John
> Cowan
> it was "pleasurable corrigible malfunction".
> http://www.reutershealth.com
>         --Cordwainer Smith, _Norstrilia_
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