Re: Language Lessons

Am 08/01 08:13  Frank George Valoczy yscrifef:

> I have thg Finnish one (also the Portuguese and Russian) of that series
> with the old yellow cover.
>
> If that matters at all...
>
I trawl second-hand bookstores looking for those.  Just a minute:

19 of the yellow covers although 5 are missing dust covers.

3 yellow paperbacks

4 blue paperbacks.

I saw TY Bengali the other week and put it back, it wasn't
transliterated.  Still, I don't have a copy of it yet....

I replaced my copy of TY Finnish at the same time.  I had given my last
copy to a friend who intended to follow his girlfriend back to Finland.
I don't think he mastered the language though.  Same happened to my copy
of TY Portuguese which I've also replaced.  A friend in another city has
promised me copies of TY Cantonese and TY Vietnamese, but I think they
are blue editions.

I recently decided to string together an eclectic conlang made up of as
many irregularities and samples that I could glean from my collection.
I'm about a quarter way through making notes.  It's something I wanted
to try to do. :)  I also commodeered TY NT Greek from my flatmate and I
have found TY Indonesian in the College Library I work in.  Thank God
for retired missionaries!

- andrew.
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