[Ti] weird word pronunciation (seriously OT)

[Tarik Bilgin]

On Monday, April 28, 2003, at 06:39  pm, William Scammell wrote:
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>
> grammar and pronunciation of languages tend to get simplified and lazy 
> over time.
>
> lemme "axe" you a question: when's the last time you declined a noun 
> in english (you can't deal with latin (7 cases ?) or ancient greek (9 
> cases ?) without it. <shudder> bad memories -- dative, accusative, 
> generative, etc. case anyone?)


bellum
bellum
belli
bello
bellas
bellat
bellant

(was it?)

The latin word for "war" in all 7 cases hehe.

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Tarik Bilgin
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