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- From: mcodogno@nyx.cs.du.edu (Maurizio Codogno)
- Subject: Re: lots o' questions&annotations for Mort
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.105137.18486@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov16.090605.20065@infodev.cam.ac.uk> Neil.Dodgson@cl.cam.ac.uk (Neil Dodgson) writes:
- >This is similar to the English public school boy's assumption that
- >everyone can speak some Latin. There are very few places in, for
- >example, New Zealand where Latin is taught, and fewer where it is
- >actually useful :-).
- >
-
- the worst thing is that there are some Pratchett's fans who actually
- understand pidgin Latin (or French, BTW) more than some obscure
- English literature reference.
- English is not my first language: neither do I actually *speak* English
- in everyday life. So, when I read TP books, I usually have no problems
- in "foreign" gags, while I struggle against "simpler" ones.
-
- So my opinion is that TAP should contain both kinds of explanations!
- --
- ciao! .mau.
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- Maurizio Codogno - CSELT UF/DU dept. - Torino Italy
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