Dragaera

Evolving language

Thu Aug 22 09:41:40 PDT 2002

On Thursday, August 22, 2002, at 12:31 PM, Steven Brust wrote:

> At 11:23 AM 8/22/2002 -0400, Mark A Mandel wrote:
>>
>> Yes, the Romance (not "romantic") languages resemble each other
>
> I remember when I was eight or nine and overhearing conversations 
> including my parents and some of my father's MLA colleagues.  I 
> couldn't quite figure what made a language "romantic" as opposed to 
> "dramatic."
>
>
Well you know those Romans, a romantic bunch <grin>