ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!
Aug. 1st, 2005 12:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ramblin_rosieI hate Latin.
Specifically, I hate the fact that Latin has no word order. If you give me "fierce where of the Aecean by the spear lies Hector," I will not necessarily untangle it into "where lies fierce Hector by the spear of the Aecean," especially when a) "to lie" looks a lot like "to throw," b) I'm in a hurry, and c) I've misunderstood the previous sentiment as "I wish you had killed me" instead of "I wish I had died by your hand," which happens to be a very important distinction in the context.
Virgil is a great poet, but I despise the way he twists sentences.
Stupid Trojans.
Yes, it is Monday. Thanks for noticing. (But I got a 98 on my last test, so it's not *all* bad.)
Specifically, I hate the fact that Latin has no word order. If you give me "fierce where of the Aecean by the spear lies Hector," I will not necessarily untangle it into "where lies fierce Hector by the spear of the Aecean," especially when a) "to lie" looks a lot like "to throw," b) I'm in a hurry, and c) I've misunderstood the previous sentiment as "I wish you had killed me" instead of "I wish I had died by your hand," which happens to be a very important distinction in the context.
Virgil is a great poet, but I despise the way he twists sentences.
Stupid Trojans.
Yes, it is Monday. Thanks for noticing. (But I got a 98 on my last test, so it's not *all* bad.)
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Date: 2005-08-01 10:46 pm (UTC)But really, how many people *are* gifted? We only seem normal when we're in a group, which isn't all that often IRL. And even though gifted kids are similar in some ways, we're all quite different when you look beyond those traits. I don't think I would have described any of my friendships in terms of chords when I was 8.