Re: NATLANG: Pre-reformed Russian (was Re: Apologies)

Isaac Penzev wrote:
> Stephen Mulraney wrote:
>
>
>>hard sign wasn't pronounced. It actually looks really weird
>>looking at prerevolutionary (or emigre) Russian with all
>>those excess hard signs (not to mention the strange vowels).
>>(for an example I was going to point out the PDF of <В�
>>Защиту � усскаго Языка> _V Zashchitu Russkavo Jazyka_ on
>>http://rech.ru , but it seems to be offline right now so
>>I can't find the exact URL)
>
>
> Unfortunately, I couldn't find this particular link, but there are certain
> interesting specimens of pre-reformed Russian spelling at such site as
> http://www.ostrov.ca/kgrot/biblio.htm
>
> Reminder: listserv.brown.edu is not Unicode-friendly, esp. as concerns
> Cyrillics.
Oops, just sent you another one.... gah.

Actually, I was aware while writing this one that people mightn't be able
to see the Cyrillic; but it was an added bonus since I gave a transliteration
too.


--
Of smale houndes hadde she that she fedde        Stiofán Ó Maoilbreanainn
With rosted flessh, or milk and wastel-breed.
But soore wepte she if oon of hem were deed,        ataltane@ataltane.net
Or if men smoot it with a yerde smerte.
   --  Geoffrey Chaucer,  The Canterbury Tales,  General Prologue 146-149.

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