From lojbab  Sat Mar  6 22:56:35 2010
Subject: An unambiguous language
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Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 15:56:20 -0500 (EST)
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Consider the following "translation" of a phrase from the Spanish work
"El Se\~nor Presidente", by Miguel Angel Asturias.

Original phrase:

	punos de arroz cocido envueltos en periodicos viejos

"Translation" by a package called "Spanish Scholar for Windows"

	fists of cooked rice wrapped in periodic old men

When I saw that, I fell over laughing....  "Fists" I understand, but
"periodic old men" instead of "old newspapers"!

Aren't we glad we have at least one unambiguous language in the world?

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John Cowan		sharing account <lojbab@access.digex.net> for now
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