BP Jonsson wrote:
> >5. Esperanto. Because I want to know if it can really be that easy.
>
> Ain't! About as hard as any European language.
I found it boring more than anything else- so ugly too.
> >3. Tibetan. It has a great script and appeals to me for some reason
> >beyond my ken.
>
> Yeah, that! IME you'll have to get used to another way of thinking just
to
> use the verbs aright!
>
> >4. Romani. (?) It's obscure and dying and spoken by vagabonds and
> >wanderers. What more could you want?
>
> Not to be a Gadjo? ;-)
Ah, yes- gadje gadjensa, rom romensa...
> >5. Latin. Because, despite my general distaste for things classical, it
> >has its own sort of beauty and logic, and because it would be great fun
to
> >use when conversing with the sort of people who assume that because I am
> >employed in physical labor I have an IQ below room temperature and am
> >probably illiterate to boot.
>
> Move to Italy. IME such prejudices are less in evidence there -- tho I
> guess Luca and others may not agree: I'm talking about compared to
> protestant countries.
>
> BTW: given the reasons you give for wanting to learn latin, you should
jump
> rigt at greek. Check out the new teach Yourself Ancient Greek by Gavin
> Betts (at least he's a co-author, IIRC. The older TY greek is ghastly! TY
> Latin by Betts is good too!
Or Sanskrit- it's odd and wonderfully obscure to the linguistic layperson.
> /BP
Dan
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