tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post4716659486562948940..comments2023-11-02T11:32:38.324+00:00Comments on The Joy of Curmudgeonry: Old AbilitiesDeogolwulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-72405266656226176992008-08-18T10:59:00.000+01:002008-08-18T10:59:00.000+01:00I bet the Neanderthals weren't so "creative" with ...I bet the Neanderthals weren't so "creative" with their language. "Ug" meant "ug" and no arguments.Deogolwulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-48637227497628646752008-08-14T18:54:00.000+01:002008-08-14T18:54:00.000+01:00He's using "explored" in the sense in which modern...He's using "explored" in the sense in which modern masochistic exhibitionists are said to be "explorers" because they attempt to reach the South Pole on a pogo stick, or some such escapade. Or, come to that, in which the Chinese Great Fleet is said to have "explored" the Indian Ocean and the East African coast, when all they did was visit places already well known to their literate neighbours. They took pilots, for heaven's sake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com