Comments | of_wild_clay: Tablet IV

of_wild_clay

Tablet IV

Jul 06, 2009 17:43

[Text]i have a question for this strange city ( Read more... )

blame sumeria, not a writer, no clue about dots and button hooks, what is zero, help me, numbers pffft we don't need no stinking

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ijianomaly July 7 2009, 00:55:14 UTC

Those ones on the top are numbers, you use them to count things and do math. Those other ones are punctuation, you use them to clarify what you're writing.

They have two symbols on them because if you push another button called "shift" while you push them, they'll make another symbol. For example, if you push "shift" and "1" you get "!", and that's another punctuation.

Does that help?

of_wild_clay July 7 2009, 01:01:12 UTC

numbers

they look very strange i have never seen anything as that

!@#$%

i see thank you it does help a bit though i am afraid i do not understand these numbers

ijianomaly July 7 2009, 01:04:02 UTC

Were the numbers different where you come from? Maybe that's why.

of_wild_clay July 7 2009, 01:07:37 UTC

very different

we count using symbols that look like this < T

though it is still not nearly close enough

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[Text] bejeweledmagus July 7 2009, 01:37:44 UTC

...Has Gilgamesh not taught you the other languages enough?

[Text] of_wild_clay July 7 2009, 01:39:49 UTC

words yes though i admit it is hard to remember how to say them all

these small symbols though i have not bothered to ask him for

[Text] Ffff Keywords bejeweledmagus July 7 2009, 01:58:25 UTC

I'm sure after you study after a while, you'll get a hang of it.

Those symbols... While you can spell and understand the words, those other symbols help construct sentences among other things.

Do you know what a sentence is, Enkidu?

[Text] pfft so fitting xD! of_wild_clay July 7 2009, 02:03:55 UTC

yes i am familiar with that term

how do they construct a sentence is not a sentence a list of words fitted into a pattern to mimic speech

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[Text] heinesangel July 7 2009, 01:43:31 UTC

The ones on top are numbers. Do they look like something else in Sumerian?

The ones at the bottom... Um... ...I just learned that you're supposed to use them for typing.

[Text] of_wild_clay July 7 2009, 01:45:51 UTC

so i have heard but yes numbers in sumeria look nothing like that

these symbols < T are closer but only vaguely

for typing

yes i see others use it but i do not see why

[Text] heinesangel July 7 2009, 01:51:29 UTC

Learning numbers should be a little easier than letters. The count up from 1 to 9, and the last one is a zero.

I don't know what "<" means... But the other symbol is the letter "T" in English.

I'm sorry... I wish I could be more helpful.

[Text] of_wild_clay July 7 2009, 02:00:59 UTC

the letters i have not learned this device writes in my language

your words come to me in my own cities writing

this is what my number look like

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those are the way numbers look in my kingdom

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{Text | 1/2} He doesn't get how someone doesn't know about numbers, rofl. whatthefactor July 7 2009, 01:46:37 UTC

How do you not But that Where the factor ha

{Text | 2/2} whatthefactor July 7 2009, 01:47:28 UTC

The top set are numbers.

{Text} yay enkidu made him wtf xD of_wild_clay July 7 2009, 01:48:41 UTC

yes i have been told but i still am trying to understand what kind of numbers

i have never seen anything like those symbols

{Text} whatthefactor July 7 2009, 01:55:34 UTC

They're arabic numerals.

Where the factor have you been?

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