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Re: Classic, Normal, and Vulgar Lingo

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Monday, January 24, 2000, 15:22
Raymond Brown wrote:

> I guess DeCamp considered Cicero's "Golden Latin" too precious to be > sullied by barbarians :)
The speaker is a typical 6th-century Roman poetaster who surely does not represent DeCamp's own view. IIRC, his interlocutor is suffering through Cassiodorus and complaining that he can't find out anything because of the rococo style; *he* prefers Caesar. -- Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis vom dies! || John Cowan <jcowan@...> Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, || http://www.reutershealth.com Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)