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dizzyweasel
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Homer's Iliad, Plutarch's Lives, Dante's Divine Comedy and George Elliot's Mill on the Floss. what do they all have in common? they're all great works of literature (greek, roman, italian and english, respectively)...and they're all currently lying on my closet floor holding down the corners a a pile of rock posters i'm putting up on monday. i have now sunk to a new intellectual low. *hangs head in shame*
i hope i can manage to save a bit of face this summer by actually reading one of those before september. 
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dizzyweasel
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i'm trying to promote education...get off the computer, read a book!
...or not. 
but i think i'll actually attempt to read the Abhorsen trilogy by Garth Nix again. i feel like such a dumbass for having barely read anything ALL SUMMER LONG. i blame this website...and a few others. but at least from mocking the lack of grammar skills on some other sites, mine have improved!
so, cool books:
Kushiel's Dart (incredible lyrical prose...one of the best books i've ever read)
Silver Wolf (ditto)
Sabriel (a fantasy world populated by demons, monsters and necromancers...good gothy fun)
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sammysquatt
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I'm reading Northern Lights by Philip Pullman at the moment. 
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Tiina
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| last time i went to library i took Stephen King's Pet Semetary and some other his book, i don't remember the name, in finnish it is "Piina". And then one Anne Rice's book, and i don't remember the name either. |
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scrabblesquirrel
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| Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 1:27 am Post subject: |
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| dizzyweasel wrote: | i'm trying to promote education...get off the computer, read a book!
...or not.
but i think i'll actually attempt to read the Abhorsen trilogy by Garth Nix again. |
Well as long as we're on the subject, how's that Pompeii book by Richard Harris coming along?
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dizzyweasel
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umm...just great. *looks around shiftily* hey, look over there!
*dashes out of the forum*
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Vividarium
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| Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:32 am Post subject: Finnish.. |
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| dizzyweasel wrote: |
although, from what i've seen of finnish, i think that will probably be the hardest language i ever tackle. it's not even indo-european, just proto-indo-european - it bears no resemblance to any of the other languages i've ever studied. |
Oh, I love finnish! Its beautiful!
I understand a couple of words and ofcourse I understand a litte bit cursing! But thats the language I will lern soon, I am planning on taking courses!
When im "almost in love" with a finnish guy, I think that would be useful
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scrabblesquirrel
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^Haha, isn't it funny that we always learn the curse words first of any new language?
| dizzyweasel wrote: | umm...just great. *looks around shiftily* hey, look over there!
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And the book is really great too! You could finish it in an afternoon. A very easy read.
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dizzyweasel
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^ dude, i think i've got mild ADD - i can't sit still for a whole afternoon! the only way the computer entertains me so long is 'cause i have about 15 windows open at once and i'm constantly moving from one site to another.
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Tiina
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| Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:34 pm Post subject: Re: Finnish.. |
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| Vividarium wrote: | | But thats the language I will lern soon, I am planning on taking courses! |
I gotta warn you, it's much harder than german, or swedish,or latein, or french or anything. One of the hardest on earth. But if you really wanna learn it, you will. But I gotta say that there's one girl in my friend's class who has lived in Finland over 4 years now, and we still don't understand anything of what she's saying. So, learning this language really takes time |
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scrabblesquirrel
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^I think some people are just more inclined towards new languages than others. It also depends on your language background I think. Hell, there are some people who have lived in Canada for more than four years and still can't string together a proper english sentence. 
But if you know one of the romance languages then it makes the other romance languages easier because they all came from Latin. Or I guess having a Latin background would make the romance languages easier too I suppose. I haven't tried my hand at those languages yet so I don't know how well my Latin will serve me. We'll find out this year when I take French at school.
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albinoni 2
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| scrabblesquirrel wrote: | ^I think some people are just more inclined towards new languages than others. It also depends on your language background I think. Hell, there are some people who have lived in Canada for more than four years and still can't string together a proper english sentence.
But if you know one of the romance languages then it makes the other romance languages easier because they all came from Latin. Or I guess having a Latin background would make the romance languages easier too I suppose. I haven't tried my hand at those languages yet so I don't know how well my Latin will serve me. We'll find out this year when I take French at school. |
Latin is the best langauage cos it is very straight to the meaning of what you want to say in my opinion,there is no dubt or other meanings 
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^yeah that's what I like about latin. It's very straightforward. There are certain rules so as long as you keep to the rules you'll be able to translate no problem. Of course there are the exceptions to the rules but you learn those over time. Latin just makes sense to me.
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albinoni 2
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| scrabblesquirrel wrote: | | ^yeah that's what I like about latin. It's very straightforward. There are certain rules so as long as you keep to the rules you'll be able to translate no problem. Of course there are the exceptions to the rules but you learn those over time. Latin just makes sense to me. |
Latin was the stuff that i had done better in the high school and also literature
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Nocturnal
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My stupid High School would not allow me to have Latin...if you can believe that I was SO annoyed at them.
But I am planning to take it at College. Latin is the best language to be sang by choirs...and I so want to learn it. Besides, I am studying Portuguese and English Literature, I should know at least the basics of Latin.
I am also reading Dante's Divine Comedy. I got a great version that has the original text and the Portuguese translation, side by side. I am also reading "On the Nature of Things" by Lucretius; Plato's "Republic" and Aristoteles' "Poetics".
Apart from this I am reading "Wolves of the Calla" by Stephen King and a book about the life and work of Salvador Dali.
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