Yes, although I prefer it being in reference to a lesser range of variation in vowel sound to letter
Larry Send a noteboard - 26/12/2012 04:33:06 AM
In that case, Spanish has reduced the sounds that likely existed in Latin to a minimum, as there is really no way to pronounce an open "e" (French bec or Italian bene), for example.
I assumed that you were talking about the level of deviation from the source language (Latin).
I assumed that you were talking about the level of deviation from the source language (Latin).
Oh no, in that case, wouldn't Sardinian have to be considered for its conservatism? Italian certainly is more conservative than the Iberian languages and much more so than French in that regard.
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Trying to decide which of these is the best shared-world writer...
- 23/12/2012 02:23:35 AM
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I have heard of the Bertrand fella, and the Twelve Paladins but I haven't read any of his works
- 23/12/2012 02:58:41 AM
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I do intend to read Orlando Furioso (and Gerusalemme Liberata) at some point.
- 23/12/2012 08:30:03 AM
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What does Gerusalemme Liberata have to do with it?
- 23/12/2012 02:49:41 PM
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Never had a formal lesson in Italian
- 23/12/2012 05:17:48 PM
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I actually believe Italian to be the easiest Romance language
- 23/12/2012 07:26:43 PM
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It certainly isn't the hardest (Romanian and then French might be that)
- 23/12/2012 07:42:38 PM
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Romanian always seemed quite easy to me
- 24/12/2012 02:08:17 AM
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I think we're interpreting this a bit differently here
- 24/12/2012 04:15:46 AM
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So by "purity" you really mean the simplicity and limitation on vowel sounds...
- 26/12/2012 01:20:40 AM
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Yes, although I prefer it being in reference to a lesser range of variation in vowel sound to letter
- 26/12/2012 04:33:06 AM
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Eh, they're both famous Italian epics? 
- 25/12/2012 07:06:37 PM
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- 25/12/2012 07:06:37 PM
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You make it sound as though Medieval Italian is radically different from Modern Italian.
- 26/12/2012 01:15:24 AM
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From the aesthetic point of view I think that Ariosto is recognized as the best.
- 23/12/2012 02:54:43 PM
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I agree (all but the Bar-Sur-Aube I've read in the original language, with translations to help)
- 23/12/2012 05:16:04 PM
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Since it's a short book I might just buy a paperback and hope Dumbarton Oaks issues a hardcover.
- 23/12/2012 07:29:52 PM
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It'll be a few months at least before I tackle Mommsen in any language
- 23/12/2012 07:44:42 PM
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I took a chance and ordered Orlando Furioso a week ago from amazon.it
- 24/12/2012 02:14:02 AM
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Hopefully it'll be what you want
- 24/12/2012 04:19:32 AM
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Io sono trasportato di gioia
- 28/12/2012 12:32:21 AM
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And I just ordered their Tasso.
- 28/12/2012 01:09:08 AM
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Very strange indeed
- 28/12/2012 04:46:26 AM
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Excellent! 
- 28/12/2012 04:45:42 AM
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- 28/12/2012 04:45:42 AM
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The books are not as rigid as a cardboard-style hardcover, but they aren't very supple.
- 28/12/2012 05:36:35 AM
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I agree about the Old French and Catalan - it makes sense when you think about it.
- 25/12/2012 07:18:35 PM
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Having finished re-reading the Pulci, I think that one might interest you as well
- 25/12/2012 08:59:38 AM
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Saw the title of this and immediately thought: Tite Kubo. haha 
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- 03/01/2013 10:27:22 PM
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- 03/01/2013 10:27:22 PM
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