Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2002 |
8:06:48 PM comments [] |
What would Leonardo do, if he was living today? 8:56:47 AM comments [] |
7 years. I had Latin in school for 7 years. It was the first foreign language I learned. English is actually only my third language. Considering that, it's absolutely ridiculous what's left of it in my head. I can, however typically get the gist of most of what's written on the walls in old churches throughout Europe. I absolutely love Renaissance arts, the early and high periods of the Italian Renaissance specifically and some of the greatest works are, unsurprisingly, in churches. The above is indeed absolutely accurate, the referenced article contains a few things I don't agree with, though. For instance, last time I looked there were Roman languages, Indo-Germanic languages and Slavic languages as the biggest language groups in Europe. Add Greek, and the unlikely group of Finnish and Hungarian, which share common roots, and with the exception of a few local languages that are entirely different, this should cover most of the language roots in Europe. "Indo-European" doesn't exist, though. English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish have all Indo-Germanic roots, while French, Italian and Spanish have Roman roots. So, historically speaking, our languages are either Imperialist or Barbarian. 8:49:34 AM comments [] |