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12 Aug 2024 01:35:09 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Languages!  
From: Bob Hughes
Date: 18 Apr 1999 16:05:56
Message: <371A2CE8.383147F9@aol.com>
Ah yes, the old Hitchers Guide to Galaxy story. Didn't read any yet saw
it on TV. Well, anyway, the fish is a pretty bad interpreter. Must've
had a semester class of each language and got C- grades.

Graham Redway wrote:
> 
> They got the name 'bablefish' from 'Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy' by
> Douglas Adams. The 'bablefish' was a  small fish inserted in to the ear
> and it would translate from all languages to to any other language.
> 
>         Graham.

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