Re: Umberto Eco speaks Volapük!
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, October 5, 2003, 17:58 |
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And Rosta scripsit:
> > All straight out of Herotodos, BTW.
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> Is Herotodos different from Herodotus? An IB Herodotus, maybe?
Nope, the same, just different transliteration conventions. "Herotodus"
is Latin-style, whereas "Herotodos" is more like how the Greek is
written. Whether this reflected an actual difference in sound is
questionable.
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