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> From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU]On
> Behalf Of BP Jonsson
> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 3:36 PM
> To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> Subject: Re: Classic, Normal, and Vulgar Lingo
> BTW I once listened to a lecture on Byzantine historians. Among their
> fovorite complaints against militarist-become-Emperors was that they could
> not speak correct Greek -- or "Rhomaika katholika" as the phrase goes! :-)
> --, and yet these purple-clad sword-rattlers were generally blue-blooded
> natives of Constantinople. It is a much later period, of course!
What's Rhomaika? It looks to me like it should mean Roman, but I know that's
not right, since the historians were complaining about incorrect Greek.
Eric Christopherson
raccoon@elknet.net