More Bushisms
Some Bushisms since the "end" of the war (forwarded by Sara)... The casual observer from another planet might conclude that W is a professional clown. "Security is the essential roadblock to achieving the road map to peace."Washington, D.C., July 25,... [tingilinde] 
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The language of threatening letters to King David
Czech linguist Bedrich Hrozny first identified Hittite in 1915. It's an extinct Indo-European language that I thought would be of limited interest when I mentioned it in a previous post. However, I've been urged to share some related links, like this one which explains why Hittite is a black sheep in the IE family, this one, which contrasts the phonetics of Hittite and its relatives, a morphology page with many examples in Hittite and a short description of the relationship between Hittite and Sanskrit.

If you haven't gotten your fill, there's Translated Hittite texts [MetaFilter] 
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