Re: Basic English

Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> wrote:

> There's a fairly well-known essay called "Uncleftish Beholding" (Atomic
> Theory) discussing atomic physics in all Germanic roots:
>
> Here goes, formerly forwarded to this list by John Cowan, and originally
> written by Poul Anderson
Oh God, thanks William the Conqueror! If English had been like *that*,
I'd have gone and study German directly! I just missed your comment on
the post, and browsed a bit through the text... I didn't get what it
was about -- or anything else, for that matter -- until I'd read three
full paragraphs twice.


--Pablo Flores
  http://draseleq.conlang.org/