Re: CHAT: Umberto Eco and Esperanto
| From: | Boudewijn Rempt <bsarempt@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, June 12, 1999, 21:03 |
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On Sat, 12 Jun 1999, Nik Taylor wrote:
> Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> > Teach Yourselfs are great! Sometimes they are hilarious, like the old
> > Teach Yourself Turkish (hardback), which had our Turkish trainee virtually
> > rolling on the floor
>
> Because it was inaccurate, or because the example sentences were
> humorous, or what?
>
She found the example sentences very humourous, which
I couldn't see, myself. It's very dated of course, and
seems to be written for use by the military.
Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt