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MiddleAgedKen
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Re: Keep Hands off our culture

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You might be on to something. If it weren't called Trjfrkszjstan, it might not have become necessary to unleash Cookie Monster on it in the first place.
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End Vowel Consonant Inequity!

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blackeagle603 wrote:
Yeah well, to be fair, the Romans at least were kind enough to share with the Greeks some of the bounty of vowels stolen from their conquests. The Italians have so many vowels they just drop them everywhere, at the end of every name, added to words for effect where none need exist, yadda, yadda, mangia bene!

I maintain it's the shortage of vowels left by Roman conqueors that created the consonant rich regions to the north and in the Balkans. That has led to much unhappiness and unrest through the centuries. It's not tribalism that's the Balkan and Eastern European problem. At the root of it is vowel appropriation by the Italians and the resulting vowel/consonant inequity left throughout the Roman empire.

Stop Vowel Appropriation! Tear down a monument to a Roman Conqueror! Remove any signs of Roman occupation, fill in any archaeological sites in your cities from the Roman era.
An interesting theory. I've tended to think that people oppressed by the Romans decided to abuse the Latin alphabet as a form of passive-aggressive revenge.
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Re: Keep Hands off our culture

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Well, you had to know this would happen: Romani Ite domum! :mrgreen:

Oh, like you weren't thinking about posting it yourself.... :P
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