From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2006-02-08T10:14:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby jargon and slang

Logan Capaldo wrote:
> 
> On Feb 7, 2006, at 4:58 AM, Martin DeMello wrote:
> 
>> Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Shibboleth" is also a shibboleth, I guess. Rather
>>> self-referential.
>>
>>
>> More etymology than self-reference - "a shibboleth" is simply a word
>> that fulfils the same role "shibboleth" did in its original context.
>>
>> martin
>>
> 
> Everytime I see "shibboleth" all I can think of is HP Lovecraft.

Haha! No doubt HPL was influenced by real languages and words.

> ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

If I may cut and paste... I saw a T-shirt recently like this:

                       WHICH PART OF
      ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
                   DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?


And a similar one with Schroedinger's Equations...


Hal