Re: Language Corruption
From: | Don Blaheta <dpb@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, January 26, 1999, 16:07 |
Quoth Garrett:
> 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.
Ha! Was that a troll? Whether or not, it's one of the funnier posts
I've read in a while. ;)
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