Dame Litz Cjantscheir, UrN
Puisne Justice; Chancellor of the Royal Talossan Bar; Cunstaval to Florencia
Dame & Former Seneschal
Posts: 1,157
Talossan Since: 4-5-2010
Dame Since: 9-8-2012
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Post by Dame Litz Cjantscheir, UrN on Mar 10, 2012 10:27:36 GMT -6
"Fezzes are cool." --The Doctor.
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King John
King of Talossa
Posts: 2,415
Talossan Since: 5-7-2005
Knight Since: 11-30-2005
Motto: COR UNUM
King Since: 3-14-2007
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Post by King John on Mar 10, 2012 13:45:22 GMT -6
And yes, we have a copy of The Loom of Language, which I stole from my grandfather as a child — I was the child, not he —, and have cherished ever since. Not up-to-date, certainly, but it (and etymological dictionaries, and Latin grammars) intoxicated young me.
I was, perhaps, an odd kid.
— John R
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Ián Tamorán S.H.
Chief Justice of the Uppermost Court
Proud Philosopher of Talossa
Posts: 1,401
Talossan Since: 9-27-2010
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Post by Ián Tamorán S.H. on Mar 13, 2012 5:54:57 GMT -6
It was, partly, the reference to The Loom of Language that first attracted me to Talossa. It's a book I loved when I first read it. But I, too, am ... different
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Post by D. N. Vercáriâ on Mar 13, 2012 12:34:51 GMT -6
Just found out the German title of the book... I might be interested in this reading, too. I'm not that much of a grammar geek, but occasionally I liked to learn to speak foreign languages if only for the look at what's "underneath the hood" of a language.
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