Which is not say she's not smart to do that but she's not had to have learnt Sumerian to achieve it.
She would have to know *some* Sumerian - the basics at least. And I was actually thinking of that very fic you pointed out, knowing nothing about Sumerian myself.

I think my point is that Dawn is very much a do-er - and a bright one at that - so her inactivity as concerns her gigantism puzzles me. Unless she really *wants* to be a giant, so Buffy will have to notice her, but then we're back to square one.

Maybe we should stop worrying about a fictional character? I have fic to write... ;)