In Its Own Script (was: Workshops Review #4)

On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 15:46:38 -0800 Padraic Brown <elemtilas@...>
writes:
> Possibly because it never really went anywhere.
> That is, no neohellenic speaking countries in the
> way we have all the Romance languages. Also, most
> people who are aware of Greek are aware of
> Classical Greek, not Koine; and anyway, it's all
> written foreign. ;) I always thought it (and
> Sanskrit,etc.) should be taught in Roman letters.
> The only people that _really_ need to read the
> native letters are those interested in reading
> texts at first hand. It's kind of unfair that
> only Latin isn't taught in its own script.
> Padraic.
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Latin isn't taught in its own script?


-Stephen (Steg)
 "yo 'beam, yo 'dil -
  it's time to get ill!
  we light up the mic like a silmaril!"
     ~ 'lords of the rhymes'

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