At 07:01 10/06/99 +0100, you wrote:
>>I totally agree. I don't think I'd be learning Classical Greek now unless
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>Whereas I would :)
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I would also.
>Give me a natlang I've not met before & I'll spend hours & hours on it just
>for the fun it. If someone, e.g. gave me an Innuit grammar I'd devour
>greedily. I'd not care a damn whether I ever met an Innuit or found
>anything to read - those would be bonuses. I just love finding out about
>and discovering languages for their own sake.
>
I'd really like to find an Inuit grammar. Maybe I would then finally
understand what a polysynthetic language can be! :) (and how to derive in
one only word: "we didn't find any place to rest" for a root meaning "to be
tired"! -that's the first (and only) example of Inuit I ever saw-)
>Weird, I guess - but then don't most people think that about conlangers ?
:)
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>Ray.
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Christophe Grandsire
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