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A comment on Sumerian dog jokes, or the difficulty of translating dead languages. Parent comment

Re:Sumerian dog jokes, or the difficulty of translating dead... by xsmasher on Monday March 21, 2022 @09:00PM (#30761694)
> One student said it was a receipt for the sale of a cow. The prof said that was one real possibility. Another said it was a love poem. Prof agreed again.

Isn't this the plot of "Foucault's Pendulum?"

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