God down under....

[fajrdrako]

I'm really fascinated by languages and I love reading about language in general and in particular, and one really good way to compare languages, or just to get a sense of what they're like, is to look at Bibles. I once had a print-out of the Lord's Prayer in Basque, but I usually like to look at Genesis. You know what you're getting with Genesis - even if it looks entirely different.

Well, here's a new one. Apparently it's a serious dialectical translation, or so I'm told: The Aussie Bible.

I want to read it.

I bet the Ottawa Public Library is not planning to get a copy for its foreign language section.

Comments

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Why debate? You mean people disapproved? Why on earth should they?

[katkim.livejournal.com]

Yes. Traditionalist argued it was being disrespectful. Another view was that it was dumbing down at it's worst, and stereotyping a nation in an offensive way etc. It wasn't a major thing, but it popped up. Most people had a sense of humour.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

In other words: there's nothing you can think of doing that someone won't want to criticize, one way or another.

[katkim.livejournal.com]

You got it exactly *g*