(rhymes with payday-ten-DONkey or jetway-ten-DONkey; n.) 1. The Tower of Babel (i.e., the ziggurat in ancient Babylon); 2. the process of language change; 3. language barriers (a) seen as a hindrance or (b) seen as a healthy 'diversity.'
"Etemenanko": the opposite of Esperanto---the position that a single world language (primary or secondary) is impossible and that the belief that such can be created or imposed is dangerous.
4. The fall of someone or some group as a result of impious hubris; 5. (interj.) a warning against unbridled hubris. [from the Sumerian for "[the temple of] the foundation of heaven and earth"
Примеры использования:
"Lord" comes from the Old English words HLAF'bread, loaf' and WARDE 'guard, protector'---it's a simple process of etemenanki. | "Does anyone in this task force even speak Hindi? How are we supposed to help the witness when we can't even talk to him?!" "Etemenanki, detective; we'll just have to find a Hindi speaker first."
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