on 6/14/03 10:07 PM, Frederick Pollack at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> There's a great scene in Rabelais, where somebody comes with a message
> for Gargantua and delivers it in every language but the one he
> understands. One of the languages is made-up. "Ah," says Pantagruel
> wistfully, "it sounds like the tongue of my native Utopia. Another is
> Danish, which, says Gargantua, "is how people would sound if God had
> meant us to talk out of our behinds."
Oh, this is so great, Frederick! It's made my day. I had forgotten about
that comment.
Best
Árni
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