Re: Hebrew and Conlangs

Ha-ha-ha! John, you tricked me! I was too tired (and therefore, too serious)
to notice it! I need to renew my sense of humour!

Yitzik, apologizing
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----- Original Message -----
From: John Cowan <cowan@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 6:45 AM
Subject: Re: Hebrew and Conlangs


> Isaac A. Penzev scripsit:
>
> > <<Well, after all, Yiddish is essentially a German relex of Western
Slavic.>>
> >
> > With all respect to you, John, I cannot agree.
>
> See http://www.ccil.org/~cowan/essential.html .
>
> --
> John Cowan           http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
cowan@ccil.org
> To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all.  There
> are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the
language
> that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.
>         --_The Hobbit_
>