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- January 14th, 2016, 10:47 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Robert from…
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Re: Robert from…
dead langauge is a misnomer. What we study are synchronically frozen languages, and I got much the same reaction (even from a fellow Latin teacher) when making an attempt at Sahidic Coptic. Why do the hoi-polloi demand an explanation as to why an ancient language is studied? Personally I've never g...
- January 13th, 2016, 6:19 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Robert from…
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Re: Robert from…
I bought myself a couple of Ugaritic grammars to get me though the mental void now that I'm back in the penal colony for the holiday season. My wife's only question/comment was, "Oh, what, another dead language? Good for zombies.". Very similar instance here. A lady-friend saw me with a b...
- January 12th, 2016, 11:52 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Robert from…
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Re: Robert from…
Thanks for joining and posting. Found your first posts the most entertaining reading on this forum since Bearded Bill of Asheville departed decades ago. On ambiguity I agree. I wonder however how you reconcile this with approval of GGBB which as I see it attempts (unsuccessfully) to stamp out all a...
- January 12th, 2016, 10:47 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Robert from…
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Re: Robert from…
Are you used to translating everything to understand it? Strange the way we never reflect on some things until a pertinent question is posed. Why so? I think it may be because self-auditing is unpleasantly introverted. But it becomes a pleasure when someone else shows an interest. A big plus for a ...
- January 12th, 2016, 10:54 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Robert from…
- Replies: 16
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Re: Robert from…
In general our appreciation of New Testament Greek is somewhat disembodied from the language. It is something like the difference between personally dancing a Polish dance yourself and listening to Liszt's Polonaise melancolique. In trying to bridge the gap - get back to the "real" experi...
- January 11th, 2016, 5:43 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Robert from…
- Replies: 16
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Re: Robert from…
Could you please be a little more concrete with your question? I don't know what aspect of Greek syntax or Greek texts you are asking about. Yes I know their are specific questions and answers regarding this. I am presently gearing myself to raise and perhaps tackle some of them within the relevant...
- January 11th, 2016, 2:57 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Robert from…
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Re: Robert from…
χαίρειν Betaken by the range of abilities across the forum, and wondering wherein mine lies therein, so as to give you some idea thereof. Self auditing…(this will take a moment)… . Well yes, I can sight read uncomplicated passages feeling like a true and bold Greek sweeping across the Trojan plane t...
- January 8th, 2016, 1:15 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Robert from…
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Robert from…
Robert from Ballymena. If you don't know where that is, I'll let you guess. Getting on with people is letting them do just that, proof–their love of quizzes. So, how about Magadan? Clue–it's presently -17ºC. Advice–don't go by boat. Initially, I have joined the forum to ask help with a conundrum. Qu...