>be Akkadian
>get caned
>speak Akkadians
>get caned
>The Sumerian teacher said "Why did you speak Akkadian?"
For some reason this sentence really made me long for living in the Mesopotamia of 3000BC
>>67381357
Are Sumerians Japans in disguise?
>you will never time travel 4,000 years ago
>you will never run into their classroom
>you will never drop a deuce on their tablet
>you will never scream "FAGGOTS' whilst doing so
>you will never time travel away
>they will never record the experience of a strange man defecating inappropriately
>that record will never be displayed in modern museums and websites
>>67381523
>tfw Sumeria of 2000BC was safer than Iraq now
fucking isl*m
>>67381357
Why would they study Sumerian if Akkadian was the common language?
I have severe doubts about the educational merits of excessive caning.
>>67381626
That's why he was caned dumbass
>>67381737
One of the people in charge said "Why did you doubt us?"
And then he caned me
>>67381626
It was the administrative and liturgical language for a very long time. Simply because Akkadians derived civilization from Sumerians and merged with them, Sumerians had a much richer history.
It's really the same reason why all western scientists mathematicians etc wrote in Latin until around the 19th century. Newton's Principia Mathematica wasn't written in English.
>>67381803
The Dutchman said, 'That's why he was caned dumbass"
And he caned me.
>>67381626
Because Sumerian was the language of High Culture, including religious matters.
>>67381357
The waiter asked "Why didn't you tip me?"
And he caned me.
>>67381357
The bus driver said "why didn't you give up your seat for the old man?"
And he caned me.
>>67382258
the goverment said 'why didn't you give the somali your seat?' and they caned me
Other one. Dialogue between master and slave.
>VII - LOVEMAKING
>
>- Slave, listen to me!
>
>- Here I am, master, here I am! I want to make love to a woman
>
>- Make love, master, make love! The man who makes love to a woman forgets sorrow and fear!
>
>- O well, slave, I do not want to make love to a woman!
>
>- Do not make love, master, do not make love! Woman is a real pitfall, a hole, a ditch, Woman is a sharp iron dagger that cuts a manĀ“s throat!
>>67381626
Basically for the same reason one would learn Latin in medieval times.
>>67381357
My father said "why didn't you put your phone away for bedtime?"
And he caned me.