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Re: language (was Re: S-c-h-e-r-m-e-r-h-o-r-n)
> --- rhys daily <shadow at teuton_org> wrote:
> > On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Mark wrote:
> > i'd guess that more know a part of a foreign
> > language than the encompassing culture.
> >
> > i think it's worse to know a language or claim
> > knowledge without understanding or striving to
> understnad the mindset behind it.
> >
> > how else will you understand the langauge truly?
> > since those who speak it do think differenlty.
to which Liesl added:
> definately true -- languages have their own feel or
> vibe as well, when i could still speak spanish, i
> noted a huge difference between my
> attitude/personality when i spoke spanish as opposed
> to when i spoke german as opposed to when speaking
> english.
Well that's interesting 'cause I feel exactly the same whether I speak
dutch, english or german.
I do feel different when speaking french but that's becuase I harldy
remember any.
> spanish, italian seem livelier than other
> languages...ironic as they stem from latin (i believe)
> and latin is quite dead(though some would claim
> otherwise -- these people are still looking for
> elvis...)
You are right in believing Spanish and Italian (and French) stem from Latin.
I don't know when and why people stopped speaking Latin and how the modern
languages came about.
Did any of you study Latin or ancient Greek in school? I did not, since i
thought i would not need it later and was too lazy to study courses i would
not use later on.
Although it would have helped reading all these grave stone inscription Lsl
and I saw in Westminster Abbey (among other places).
Mrk
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