Re: Droppin' D's Revisited

Padraic Brown wrote:
>
> On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, Robert Hailman wrote:
>
> >OK - Status Report: The Toronto Reference Library has a copy of _From
> >Latin to Romance in Sound Charts_, but being a reference library I'd
> >pretty much be forced to make a conRomanceLang in one sitting - no the
> >most fun thing in the world. Chapters.ca and Indigo.ca both have it,
> >too, for about $16 and $20 Canadian, respectively.
> >
> >Should I buy it, or go down to the library and photocopy what I need -
> >or maybe both?
>
> I'd just buy it, as you'd end up copying the whole thing anyway.
> Though, if the library's copy machines would end up charging you less
> than 16.00$CAN for a photocopy of the whole thing, I'd be tempted to
> go that route.
>
Well, let's see. The book is like 130 pages, and last time I checked all
Toronto Public Library brances (the Reference Library included) charges
25 cents per page for photocopies. That's like $32, which is rediculous.
If I could take it out of the library, I could get it photopied for 7
cents a page, which is a MUCH better deal - but it's a reference
library, so that's not going to happen.

> >No where I've looked has had _An Introduction to Vulgar Latin_ so far,
> >tho.
>
> If you can make use of interlibrary loan, the Univ. of Maryland has it
> (i.e., where I got it from).
Well, both my parents are Univ. of Toronto alumni, so I can get access
to the U of T libraries, and perhaps from there an interlibrary loan -
I'll have to look into it.

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Robert