Re: Language Corruption

---Garrett <alkaline@...> wrote:
>
> Here's my theory: Languages are becoming more corrupted through
time. Look
> at the languages of today - they have all sorts of idiosyncracies,
> irregularities, idioms, and stuff like that. Look at the ancient
languages
> like Latin or Greek - they may have a bunch of cases and stuff, but at
> least they're regular, AFAIK.
   Dude, break out the asbestos underwear, because your fanny is about
to get flamed! That's a very old idea that has been disproved time and
time again, yet keeps crawling to the surface every now and again
until someone beats it back. And I don't know how much Greek or Latin
you have studied, but in my limited study, I have found that
chock-full of irregularities, idiosyncracies, and idioms. But I'll let
an expert handle that. (Hark! Is that Ray Brown and John Cowan I hear
approaching? :)
   I, on the other hand, am going to crawl into a tight corner and
wait until the Holy War has come to an end.
   :Peter
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