Re: American dialect of Brithenig

[Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@vcn.bc.ca>]

On Sat, 31 Jul 1999, Padraic Brown wrote:

> On Sat, 31 Jul 1999, John Cowan wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Padraic Brown scripsit:
> > 
> > > Aeroplanes are curiosities ruminated on
> > > by the military (RAF) or are the domain of a few rich (but idiotic and
> > > shortlived)  barnstormers (After all, who would want to go up in the air
> > > in something that doesn't naturally float!?).
> > 
> > I believe that aeroplanes are in fact in use by the military: if not
> > as bombers, at least as fast couriers.  As in the alternate America
> > of *The Two Georges*, sometimes the need for speed dominates all else.
> 
> That's a point.  They have their uses, then: mostly light protection,
> in-and-out recon, couriers, etc. I think most of the heavy work would be
> accomplished by the ships, though.  Remember, we're not talking
> Hindenburg, here.  That was around 70 years ago.  Whereas ship technology
> *here* has definitely been back burnered; *there* is a nother matter.
> Interestingly, I read an article about a German airship co. developping an
> extremely heavy / bulky transport shipping line of fast powerful ships. 
> *There* ought to have passed that by a while ago.

What this all measns then, is that I have to completely rewrite the
history of the Brzhona nation...

ferke

> 
> Padraic.
> 
> > 
> > -- 
> > John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
> >        I am a member of a civilization. --David Brin
> > 
> 
> 

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