Re: CHAT: feckly off-topic (was: THEORY: Storage Vs. ...

On 20 Jun 99, at 12:27, mathias wrote:

> Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 20/06/99 16:13:47  , Irina a =E9crit :
>
> > I don't have an opinion about Japanese, not having heard enough of
> >  it, but I'm fond of Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian, Welsh and Latin.
>
> serbocroatian and tahitian are enthralling.
>
Serbian is indeed truly beautiful.  The (present tense) verb
paradigm was actually what first really made me aware (many,
many winters ago) of how close Indo-European languages really
are, as did what little I've learnt (<--- !) of Albanian. What I found
struck me most in dozen or so Albanian words I saw was _eshte"_
(sp?) that made my young mind go "Hang on a second, that's far
too close to Spanish!" :-)

> i still do that like i would listen to music. armenian is a favorite :
> it goes like kizrambash keshturumvag ascharkan digidig dagadag
> dugudug for minutes :-) glad i don't have to learn it.
Although, I'd be interested.  I guess if the Wewnet are going to
hang onto their conhistory, I ought to learn at least a little of
Georgian, Armenian and Turkish.  Anyone recommend a good
guide to the languages of the area?  Online is good, but I don't
mind paying for it. :-)


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