Re: Language changes, spelling reform (was Conlangea Dreaming)

On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, jesse stephen bangs wrote:

(and someone else wrote:)

> > I actually really like Dostoyevsky, but damn it's dense.
> I *loved* _The Brothers Karamazov_, although it was certainly one of the
> most difficult books I've ever read.
People keep telling me that I'm bound to love Dostoyevsky because of
other things I read, things I write, things I say, things I think,
etcetera. I've tried four or five times and I just *don't* like it.
Not because it's too hard (perhaps it is, but so were dozens of other
books that I kept reading anyway because I was interested; even _The
Lord of the Rings_ at nine or ten), but because it's steeped in
Russian culture, and despite the fact that I go to the Orthodox
church and have a Slavic name (my choice) I don't feel at home in
Russian culture.

   Irina

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