Latin's descendants
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- Grand Panjandrum
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Romansh is correct. Also seen it spelled Romanche.
When I was living in Europe I tuned in a Swiss radio broadcast in Romansh. Sonically very Italianish, and I found I could follow a lot of it just from applying knowledge of French.
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When I was living in Europe I tuned in a Swiss radio broadcast in Romansh. Sonically very Italianish, and I found I could follow a lot of it just from applying knowledge of French.
More on Romansh
Stop! Murder us not, tonsured rumpots! Knife no one, fink!
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Here it is: http://www.alphadictionary.com/bb/viewt ... 4085#24085I lose track of where things are: where is the "Salad Discussion"?
I checked Res Deversae, but either I missed it or it is
elsewhere.
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.
I see my puzzle wasn't that difficult for this distinguished company. Romansch it is: the only eastern European language with the proper complement of vowels.
Shall we proceed with a night of Romansch, or shall we continue tomorrow? And where the heck is Slava in all this? This conversation has her stamp all over it, yet not.
Shall we proceed with a night of Romansch, or shall we continue tomorrow? And where the heck is Slava in all this? This conversation has her stamp all over it, yet not.
Beck
"I don't know whether ignorance or apathy is worse, and, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous
"I don't know whether ignorance or apathy is worse, and, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous
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Ow, a slice below the belt! I have emasculated!Shall we proceed with a night of Romansch, or shall we continue tomorrow? And where the heck is Slava in all this? This conversation has her stamp all over it, yet not.
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.
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Oops, even spell check can't solve missed words.You have emasculated someone or have been emasculated? Which side of this transitive verb are you on: active or passive?Ow, a slice below the belt! I have emasculated!
"...have been" is what I meant to write.
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.
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Another unexamined descendant of Latin is Ladrino, spoken by Sephardic Jews. Think of it as the Spanish equivalent of Yiddish (from German "Jüdisch" meaning "Jewish.") Just as a German speaker can understand Yiddish fairly well, a Spanish speaker can make sense of Ladrino.
Beck
"I don't know whether ignorance or apathy is worse, and, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous
"I don't know whether ignorance or apathy is worse, and, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous
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