???? (gamla) means both "camel" and "heavy rope" in Aramaic (I'm not sure if the Aramaic script worked). Which of the two meanings do you think fits the saying better? 
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
E-books, piracy, and the commodification of literature
- 08/12/2010 02:31:00 AM
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So we shouldn't just hook up writers to huge hamster wheels and force them to write and run?
- 08/12/2010 04:58:16 AM
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I agree with most of what you say, Tom
- 09/12/2010 03:16:48 AM
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Let us say "materialistic culture".
- 09/12/2010 03:30:39 AM
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That'll work
- 09/12/2010 03:41:18 AM
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Speaking of camels through the eyes of needles...
- 10/12/2010 03:09:09 AM
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I think that the idea of "the commodification of literature" is one that is flawed
- 08/12/2010 07:53:50 AM
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Discussions of ebook piracy are largely irrelevant until more people use e-readers.
- 08/12/2010 10:41:40 AM
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E-piracy is a symptom, not a cause
- 09/12/2010 03:22:05 AM
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Uhm, or they just want to read and can't afford to spend money on books?
- 10/12/2010 05:56:53 PM
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Re: E-books, piracy, and the commodification of literature
- 09/12/2010 03:46:39 AM
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Sorry...as soon as you said you injected Marxist ideas into it I had to stop reading...otherwise
- 19/12/2010 06:10:12 AM
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