Re: My Romance Conlang
| From: | J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 19, 2003, 23:58 |
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In a message dated 2003:06:19 08:55:20 AM, Peter.Bleackley@RD.BBC.CO.UK
writes:
>I'd like to see what would have happened if Arminius (the German leader
>who slaughtered Varus' three lost legions in the Teutoburger Wald) had
pressed
>home his advantage and conquered Rome.
Really neat intriguing idea. Germanic Vulgar Latin, eh 0_o? Aren't there
some examples of language mixes of Vulgar Latin and "barbarian tongues" that
are similarly Germanic and Latinate???
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