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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
USA
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 Posted - 06/06/2011 : 05:32:21
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You guys finished something started 90 years ago.
Asyrian Dictionary Complete
Well done!
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Cthulhu/Asmodeus when you're tired of voting for the lesser of two evils
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 06/06/2011 : 06:06:32 [Permalink]
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So that's where the rascal's been all this time; in Mesopotamian nerd heaven. I confess myself absolutely chartreuse with envy.
Well done!
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9688 Posts |
Posted - 06/06/2011 : 12:40:03 [Permalink]
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| Awesome! |
Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
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tw101356
Skeptic Friend
USA
333 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2011 : 05:44:17 [Permalink]
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All hail Darth Akkad! 
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- TW
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
3739 Posts |
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4955 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2011 : 21:28:42 [Permalink]
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Ha! Thanks guys-- and thanks, Kil for prodding me to come post here after so many months of being a bit of an SFN delinquent. It's been a busy time-- I've moved (just a few miles away; still in Los Angeles), gotten engaged, and gotten a job, gotten a dog, plus work and research, etc.
The completion of the CAD is bittersweet for me. On the one hand (not to sound like those "I walked to school five miles uphill both ways" guys), when I was in grad school the CAD hadn't published R, P, T, Thet (a Semitic consonant), or U/W. So when you needed to look up those words, you had to go to some German-Akkadian dictionary. Or worse. New grad students have it easy.
And while I'm happy that it's "finished" it really isn't. The reality is that since its inception and the publication of early volumes, so much has been done since then. Some of the early CAD volumes were published over 50 years ago. Lots has happened with our understanding of Akkadian. New texts have been published and studied, and terms have been nuanced even more.
If I were running the show, I'd have applied for some grants to put out supplementary volumes updating and correcting earlier ones. But clearly, the people involved want to be done. I don't blame them, but I am also disappointed. Alas! |
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Congrats, Cuneoformist
