Re: Language Corruption

On Tue, 26 Jan 1999 12:48:42 -0500 Kenji Schwarz
<schwarz@...> writes:
>> Tsk, tsk...this all came about because you people are concentrating
>on
>> sissy languages like Latin and Greek.  Study a *real* language, like
>> Hebrew, and you won't have these problems!  It's chock full of
>> idiosyncracies, irregularities, and idioms!  Any language where you
>can
>> arbitrarily ADD or DROP sounds from the ends of words can't be all
>that
>> regular (oshivah = oshiv, meqimi = meiqim, yehi = yihyeh...).  Not
>to
>> mention idioms....Hebrew even propogates this "vile"
>language-corruption
>> by spreading idioms to other languages ("skin of my teeth", etc.)
>not to
>> mention expressions that forment unnatural constructions in innocent
>> languages ("song of songs", "holy of holies") !
>Ah, so then would you propose that the alleged Elders of Zion do, in
>fact,
>exist, but that they're merely disgruntled, deranged conlangers?
>Watch
>out, NGL group... you have stiff competition!  :)
>Kenji Schwarz

I have no idea what an "alleged Elder of Zion" is, but why would they be
any more deranged than the norm for conlangers? :)


-Stephen (Steg)

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