Re: Language Corruption

At 08:03 AM 1/26/99 -0800, you wrote:
>---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
I see I gouged an artery. So I made an extravagant claim based on personal
assumptions and ignorance. It's not the first time... It was pretty funny
for me seeing your [conlang's] replies to my genuine ignorance & stupidity
:) But, learn by your mistakes, i say! Onward towards the goal of less
ignorance!

>Hmm...*i*diosyncracies, *i*rregularities, *i*dioms...?
>Have you ever considered that it may not be the languages that you have a
>problem with, but the letter _i_ ? :)
>
>-Stephen (Steg)
well uh... just a coincidence...
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