Re: CHAT: An introduction

Hello,

[Sally wrote lots of interesting stuff and the some]
> I think, however, that Italian will be my
> favorite romance language, if I ever master it.
Hmm, I will also be affected I guess. I am to study a second language
from September, and the options they gave us are French (but not from
scratch), German and Italian. I don't know enough French to be on that
group (apart from my personal agenda), and much as I like German, I
chose Italian because I have an, ahem, mutual dislike (mildly put) with
the people on the German class. So I am going to have a lovely diploma,
with Swedish and Italian and not one of the 'major' European languages.
But on the other hand I may develop a taste for Italian, and perhaps for
Romance in general.

> Right now, I'm trying to get a handle again
> on German.
A most commendable struggle ;-)

> > Well, as a wise sage used to say, 'personal predilections
> varies [sic]
> > widely'. Which as good a basis for ignoring other people's
> _lámatyávi_
> > as anything.
>
> La'mtya'vi.  Please explain.  Lovely word.  Don't know it.
Pl. of Quenya _lámatyáve_, lit. 'sound-taste', defined as 'individual
pleasure in the sounds and forms of words'

Pavel
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