I found this strip on google image search. i don’t remember what i typed, but i became an instant fan, right then and there! tues and thurs have never been the same! THX URSULA!!!!!! X-)
Nice start, Anonymoose. Then you have your geological terms:
igneous
metamorphic
sedimentary
lithified
unlithified
conglomerate
erratic
pegmatitic
mafic
felsic
metallic
intrusive
extrusive
fine-grained
coarse-grained
inclusion
foliated
non-foliated……
And that’s not even naming the individual types of rocks, like schist, gneiss, slate, basalt, etc…
I think English is pretty well equipped for Wombat.
Another pass through, and another discussion about rocks! Yay!
I guess the main problem there would be more what Digger is literally saying. It’s hard to explain things in a language where words for rocks are extremely specialized, and where accurate references can be extremely verbose.
Maybe another food-related analogy; imagine trying to have a meaningful discussion on cheeses or fine wines, without using ANY place-names. In a second language, at that.
I think I’m literally unable to describe how frustrating it is to read that bit about the chef trying to explain things in a language that has only one word for all aspects of food.
Here I attempted to write an explanation of the taste of the deliberation in the magic from the statue of Ganesh, but decided that it was pointlessly complicated for something that didn’t make much sense anyway, since the statue was talking to an eater, not an only-one-word-for-food-person.
Tekserver, that was an old and awful joke. *applauds*
I found this strip on google image search. i don’t remember what i typed, but i became an instant fan, right then and there! tues and thurs have never been the same! THX URSULA!!!!!! X-)
Purely delightful!
It’s a plot hole deliberately made by the writer so yes there was a mind behind it to make digger show up there 😛
You’re a fan of Terry Pratchett, aren’t you?
Let’s see:
Gravel
Pebbles
Stones
Rocks
Boulders
Nice start, Anonymoose. Then you have your geological terms:
igneous
metamorphic
sedimentary
lithified
unlithified
conglomerate
erratic
pegmatitic
mafic
felsic
metallic
intrusive
extrusive
fine-grained
coarse-grained
inclusion
foliated
non-foliated……
And that’s not even naming the individual types of rocks, like schist, gneiss, slate, basalt, etc…
I think English is pretty well equipped for Wombat.
Another pass through, and another discussion about rocks! Yay!
I guess the main problem there would be more what Digger is literally saying. It’s hard to explain things in a language where words for rocks are extremely specialized, and where accurate references can be extremely verbose.
Maybe another food-related analogy; imagine trying to have a meaningful discussion on cheeses or fine wines, without using ANY place-names. In a second language, at that.
I won’t get in deep schist if I tell you you have a gneiss butte, will I?
😉
I think I’m literally unable to describe how frustrating it is to read that bit about the chef trying to explain things in a language that has only one word for all aspects of food.
Here I attempted to write an explanation of the taste of the deliberation in the magic from the statue of Ganesh, but decided that it was pointlessly complicated for something that didn’t make much sense anyway, since the statue was talking to an eater, not an only-one-word-for-food-person.
Tekserver, that was an old and awful joke. *applauds*
Thank you. *bows*