Sandscript-eggcorn?

[Benjamin Barrett]

On Jan 8, 2010, at 6:46 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

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> At 1/8/2010 01:25 AM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
>> I ran across "Sand Script" today in an artist's statement, clearly
>> referring to Sanskrit. This is in the eggcorn database, but I also found this:
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>> Some Sanskrit (Sand script) texts talk of coriander's cultivation in
>> ancient India nearly 7,000 years ago although there are but a few
>> plant fossils exist to back up the literature.
>> (http://savitharajsspiceland.blogspot.com/)
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>> Surely there is no basis for this, is there?
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> Which assertion -- that coriander was cultivated 7,000 years ago, or
> that there exist a few plant fossils from then, or that Sanskrit
> texts exist from 7,000 years ago, or that they talk about coriander
> cultivation, or that Sanskrit was written in sand?  :-)

LOL. Thank you for helping me to pull my head from the, er, sand.

Is there any reason for someone to claim that "Sand script" is valid. Here's someone that clearly knows that the language is Sanskrit, but kindly shows us that it is a sand form of writing as well.

BB

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