WHAT: One explanation of why we all speak a different language comes from Genesis, Chapter 11, in the Bible: it's the story of the Tower of Babel. In a nutshell, the tower was built by a united humanity in order that they may reach their God. Annoyed by the human's arrogance and what they might do, God decided to disuade them from trying to do the same thing by screwing around with their language so that they couldn't understand each other.
Then they all set off in their seperate directions, inadvertantly creating langauge and translation businesses such as Berlitz. And the Swedish Chef, too.
WHY: Now you'll know when someone tells you to stop "babbling" where it comes from.
And then you can babble some more about how much you know.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_bable
Monday, September 24, 2007
HISTORY: The Tower of Babel
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