You could always please the wife and the linguist in you by starting (adding to?) a collection of translations of the Bible and then read through a few of them and comment on translation errors. That might be interesting.
I'm thinking about teaching myself Koine sometime in the next few years. Already have an edition of the NT, plus two commentaries on how to approach learning Koine based off of the NT alone. While I don't care too much for Evangelical shadings of meaning, I figure it shouldn't take too long to learn the basics of the dialect.
I'm thinking about teaching myself Koine sometime in the next few years. Already have an edition of the NT, plus two commentaries on how to approach learning Koine based off of the NT alone. While I don't care too much for Evangelical shadings of meaning, I figure it shouldn't take too long to learn the basics of the dialect.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
Je suis méchant.
Je suis méchant.
Planned reads for 2010.
10/01/2010 05:10:08 PM
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You might find the Cooper to be turgid
10/01/2010 05:28:55 PM
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Interestingly random list.
10/01/2010 05:55:51 PM
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It's mostly things I've bought and not read yet. Other than that, there's no coherent theme.
10/01/2010 06:16:01 PM
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Okay, colour me shocked.
10/01/2010 07:16:23 PM
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I'm actually the same as Tim. Haven't read them since I did it in 5th grade.
10/01/2010 11:17:23 PM
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Okay, I misread Tim's response and thought he was thinking about a year of Russian literature.
14/01/2010 07:18:53 PM
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I wondered about that.
14/01/2010 08:04:32 PM
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A couple of thoughts
15/01/2010 01:46:25 AM
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Huh. You're the second person I've ever seen refer to that book as Demons.
15/01/2010 05:35:19 AM
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Don't read the Achebe.
11/01/2010 01:09:06 AM
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I'll be reading less serious stuff too.
11/01/2010 08:52:14 AM
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Well, I figured that too
11/01/2010 03:21:11 PM
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Of those?
11/01/2010 01:33:33 AM
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Are Mohicans and 100 Years worth reading? Folks seem to be dissin' 'em. *NM*
11/01/2010 08:49:55 AM
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Ditch Erlend Loe
11/01/2010 11:40:37 AM
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However, good for someone who needs a simple book to help with learning the language.
11/01/2010 12:06:55 PM
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Re: Planned reads for 2010.
11/01/2010 11:41:28 AM
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You can borrow King Harald's Saga when I've finished with it.
11/01/2010 12:22:56 PM
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Re: You can borrow King Harald's Saga when I've finished with it.
11/01/2010 03:21:37 PM
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I suppose if you're interested in the development of the thriller/adventure novel, Cooper is okay.
11/01/2010 02:04:29 PM
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