(January 17, 2016 at 7:22 am)abaris Wrote: Since we were talking about medieval German and english. There are also a lot of words, not being in common use anymore. You know their meaning, but virtually nobody would use them. And one of them is "Pein", which, of course, translates to "pain" in english.
If I learned German, it would probably be textbook German. So I’d probably not run into any archaic German.
Then again, as a writer, I like using archaic English words such as “fortnight.”
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
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I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
