Re: French and German (jara: An introduction)
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, June 7, 2003, 7:45 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Nik Taylor" <yonjuuni@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: French and German (jara: An introduction)
> Joe wrote:
> > However, the actual language has changed so much from the eighteenth
century
> > that actually reading much in it is hideously boring.
>
> The language has changed very little over 2 or 3 centuries, but literary
> styles have changed considerably.
Ok, well, that's what I meant. Use of language, I should have said. But
it's only the 18th and 19th century styles I don't like. Anything before
that is good.