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- From: amanda@intercon.com (Amanda Walker)
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- Subject: Re: Bible translations, or Does God Speak Latin?
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 00:28:19 -0500
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- cortese@skid.ps.uci.edu (Janis Maria Cortese) writes:
- > I, too, think that Latin is quite melodious and rolling, but I still
- > want to understand what's going on when I'm hearing about something
- > that pertains to my daily life, or purports to.
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- I do to; my response to this was to learn enough Latin to follow most of it...
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- > Believe me, I am getting a doctorate in linguistics; I adore language
- > of any stripe. I think I'm the only person I know who thinks that
- > German and Russian are beautiful languages;
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- Well, count me in as well. I minored in linguistics, though, and have a
- language teacher (German, French, Russian) for a father, so I'm biased :).
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- > English is
- > also a rhythmic and lyrical language, particularly when it comes to the
- > consonant combinations; read Poe's poems.
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- Or Coleridge, or Blake, ... sigh.
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- I need more bookshelves.
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- Amanda Walker
- InterCon Systems Corporation
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