Re: Dead languages?

docdwarf_at_panix.com
Date: 07/21/04

  • Next message: JerryMouse: "Re: Cobol Linear search Vs Perfrom Until" 
    Date: 21 Jul 2004 08:00:35 -0400

    In article <210720041935067106%usrr@post.no.mail>,
    Joseph Katnic <usrr@post.no.mail> wrote:
    >In article <cdh80o$c47$1@news.doit.wisc.edu>, Mike Walters
    ><walters@wisp.physics.YOURwisc.eduPANTS> wrote:
    >
    >> docdwarf@panix.com wrote:
    >>
    >> >>Unlike English, where normal word order is SVO (subject, verb, object),
    >> >>Latin,
    >> >>along with Japanese, has no normal word order. One can rearrange the words
    >> >>in a
    >> >>sentence and it still says the same thing.
    >> >
    >> >
    >> > This is similar to what I was taught about Ancient Greek, where order word
    >> > important is very not.
    >>
    >>
    >> Sound like Yoda, you do!
    >
    >BAH!!
    >
    >Yoda, sound like, you do!

    Oh boy... many of funs to be having!

    What about 'You, Yoda sound do, like'?

    DD

  • Next message: JerryMouse: "Re: Cobol Linear search Vs Perfrom Until"