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May 11, 2024, 8:14 am UTC    
September 01, 2007 10:29AM
Ritva Kurittu Wrote:
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> Thank you for your kind words, Rick.
> Yes, the Project Gutenberg (where the Budge book
> is linked from) has got a few jewels, actually.
> They even have some old Finnish books... in
> Finnish!! Like my favourite story of the dragon
> who was sad because didn't want to be mean
> anymore.

That sounds like the kind of story that you would like! May Michael Vick ought to read that (For those that haven't been following the travails of Michael Vick he was an extremely successful football player who ran several dog fighting rings. He raised them and sold them. The dogs that didn't fight well enough or were too timid he tortured to death in a number of ways. He's been sentenced to a year in jail and his football team is suing to recover about 20 million dollars or so. But his punishment won't end here, when it comes time for him to journey to the west I'm sure Anubis well rearrange his body parts and guess which gates Wawapet will lead him too? smiling smiley


> I wouldn't knock Budge on akkadian translations.
> Of course, I can't compare him to anybody who is
> somebody in the field (because I don't know!), but
> Budge studied the languages involved for quite a
> while and had a passion for Assyriology way before
> he ever had anything to do with Egyptology. And a
> quick peek at the text in question assured me of
> the (almost complete!) absence of the painful
> (yes, somebody whose native language is not
> English, it's truly painful to read!!)


Well if it's painful to you to read, trust me it's truly agonizing for a native speaker like myself, to read "doth", "Whilst". "thee', "thou" etc. Words that should have been buried for centuries but keep rising, Frankenstein like, from the linguistic graveyard to pillage the literary scene again and again. One of the reasons I genuinely like Budge is because of his writing style. It was kind of quirky, sort like a beloved uncle regaling you with stories of how he single handedly won the war with an empty revolver in one hand and a broken sword in the other; You know it's baloney, but it would be unpardonably rude to interrupt or question him.
Biblical
> language he used in the BoD.
>
>
> Rick
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A few budgeries to lighten up your Sunday!

Ritva Kurittu August 26, 2007 10:37AM

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Ritva Kurittu August 27, 2007 04:14PM

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Ritva Kurittu August 27, 2007 04:32PM

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Rick Baudé August 27, 2007 08:54PM

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Ritva Kurittu August 28, 2007 04:47AM

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Rick Baudé August 28, 2007 09:03AM

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rich August 28, 2007 09:25AM

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Greg Reeder August 28, 2007 09:58AM

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Ritva Kurittu August 28, 2007 11:40AM

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Greg Reeder August 28, 2007 11:57AM

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Ritva Kurittu August 28, 2007 04:42PM

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Rick Baudé August 28, 2007 08:17PM

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rich August 28, 2007 09:03PM

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Rick Baudé August 28, 2007 10:51PM

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Hermione August 29, 2007 04:21AM

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Hermione August 29, 2007 04:18AM

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Ritva Kurittu August 29, 2007 05:28AM

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Sam August 30, 2007 07:44PM

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Ritva Kurittu August 31, 2007 05:10AM

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Rick Baudé August 31, 2007 06:56PM

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Ritva Kurittu September 01, 2007 03:05AM

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Rick Baudé September 01, 2007 10:29AM

Hey Rick!

Ritva Kurittu September 01, 2007 05:52AM

Re: Hey Ritva!

Rick Baudé September 01, 2007 11:28AM

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Hermione January 22, 2008 10:39AM



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