Sumerian dog jokes, or the difficulty of translating dead languages

Re:Sumerian dog jokes, or the difficulty of translating dead... by hobs on Monday March 21, 2022 @10:42AM (#30754677)

And yet, they can be used to transmit such thoughts and the Native's communication is used as a frame - so what was that about me inserting things again?

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Re:Sumerian dog jokes, or the difficulty of translating dead... by psyc on Monday March 21, 2022 @10:49AM (#30754763)

So can Twitter threads. The bit about wood and blankets alludes to impracticality. It’s not about information theory. Why shouldn’t smoke signals be the frame? It’s an analogy. Why do you feel smoke signals are taboo for that purpose?

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Re:Sumerian dog jokes, or the difficulty of translating dead... by lupire on Monday March 21, 2022 @01:30PM (#30757126)

The problem here is you assuming that someone thinks that Natives only communicate via smoke signals.

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