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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Nov 1, 2024 16:06:47 GMT
Did he primarily write in an IE language? Yes. |
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 1, 2024 16:13:58 GMT
Was he Italian?
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Nov 1, 2024 16:37:04 GMT
No.
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 1, 2024 16:39:13 GMT
Dutch?
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Nov 1, 2024 16:40:30 GMT
Yes.
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 1, 2024 16:54:52 GMT
Is he a major figure of the Humanist movement?
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Nov 1, 2024 17:18:14 GMT
Yes, as I'm sure you know.
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 1, 2024 17:30:10 GMT
Erasmus?
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Nov 1, 2024 17:33:04 GMT
Obviously. The bit about accidentally being responsible for a common phrase should make sense now.
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 1, 2024 17:38:17 GMT
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king? I think that's the one that predates him, and I'm not sure what's accidental about it (beyond the usual accidentalness of which phrases catch on an which don't).
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 1, 2024 17:40:54 GMT
I'm thinking of someone.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Nov 1, 2024 17:52:28 GMT
Calling a spade a spade. His mistranslation. Discussed on this site.
Real?
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 1, 2024 17:55:47 GMT
Yes.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Nov 1, 2024 18:20:57 GMT
Female?
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 1, 2024 18:26:53 GMT
No.
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