Unlikely Glossary Project
Sanskrit
Indo-Aryan language, studied together by
Nick and
Andrew for three years, and instrumental in the formation of
homework cartels and, come to think of it, the friendship in general.
Cause of many late-night study sessions, usually devolving into procrastination-fests, and havens for
in-jokes.
Also known for multifariousness of meaning, whereby one word often means a thing, its opposite, something philosophical, something sexual, a kind of plant, something else sexual, another, potentially different kind of plant, name of a group of people, etc., etc…
Sanskrit has a complex inflectional and conjugational system, which is best learnt by memorizing endings in a sing-song way and then only later being told what happened.
Sanskrit is also a language popular in
India, which must be destroyed.
Primary texts