Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Greek

Greek, much like Chinese, is a ridiculously arbitrary language. Or, more correctly, it is rather a grouping of dialects. Nonetheless, all the Greek dialects still reflect a linguistic evolution as wild and schizophrenic as the Greeks themselves. Upon learning any rule of Greek, it is immediately qualified with coincidental exceptions that are so abundant that they effectively castrate the initial rule itself. Still, I love the vibrant, diverse richness of the Greek tongue. As a Churchill quote on some board read, "to learn Latin is an honor, Greek a privilege."

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