Re: CHAT: The EU expands (was Re: THEORY/CHAT: Talmy, Jackendoff and Matchboxes)
| From: | Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 4, 2004, 18:01 |
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On Monday, May 3, 2004, at 09:41 PM, Danny Wier wrote:
> From: "John Cowan" <cowan@...>
[snip]
> I myself had suggested using Latin (Medieval/Church, not Classical, as Ray
> Brown said). But I'm not an EU citizen. And I wonder how the Greeks would
> feel about that, likewise future member states predominately of the
> Orthodox
> faith.
I don't think there's really much chance of Latin of any variety becoming
the EU interlang, so the question is probably academic. If it was likely
to cause problems for the Orthodox, I suspect in this day & age even the
Vatican would not wish it. I guess we'll muddle along - maybe Europanto
will find a niche for itself ;-)
Ray
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