Some words in one language, mean something else in another... - Page 3

hectorberlioz · 10-04-2006, 03:31 PM

My eldest sis started learning chinise, but it's been years for her...so, I guess the answer is no, none of us can.

Gwaimir Windgem · 10-04-2006, 03:49 PM

Then what, I ask you, is the point, other than to have a book on the shelf with Oriental script?

hectorberlioz · 10-04-2006, 04:42 PM

I said already; we don't have it anymore. What are you trying to do, get it from us?

Gwaimir Windgem · 10-04-2006, 08:37 PM

Just mocking you for having a Chinese Bible when you can't read Chinese. I mean, sure, I have a part of a Latin commentary on De Rerum Natura, but at least I can read a little Latin.

And it may be as useless to me as your Chinese Bible, but I thought it was a Latin copy of De Rerum Natura. Plus, it's from 1823.

...hmm...I think "useless as a Chinese Bible" should be a new phrase.

hectorberlioz · 10-04-2006, 09:10 PM

I NEVER claimed I could read it myself...

10-04-2006, 03:31 PM	#41
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	My eldest sis started learning chinise, but it's been years for her...so, I guess the answer is no, none of us can. __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

10-04-2006, 03:49 PM	#42
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Then what, I ask you, is the point, other than to have a book on the shelf with Oriental script? __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

10-04-2006, 04:42 PM	#43
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	I said already; we don't have it anymore. What are you trying to do, get it from us? __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

10-04-2006, 08:37 PM	#44
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Just mocking you for having a Chinese Bible when you can't read Chinese. I mean, sure, I have a part of a Latin commentary on De Rerum Natura, but at least I can read a little Latin. And it may be as useless to me as your Chinese Bible, but I thought it was a Latin copy of De Rerum Natura. Plus, it's from 1823. ...hmm...I think "useless as a Chinese Bible" should be a new phrase. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

10-04-2006, 09:10 PM	#45
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	I NEVER claimed I could read it myself... __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

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