[b-greek] Re: Fw: Learning Greek, how far is the ocean?

From: Randall Buth (ButhFam@compuserve.com)
Date: Thu May 17 2001 - 09:44:21 EDT

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EGRAYEN Larry Swain
>we
must always bear in mind that our compositions, oral or written, are
artificial
exercises. Useful to learn and think in the language, but not "real"
Greek, and
perhaps this is where our differences of opinions lie, in not keeping this
distinction.<

Heartily agree --
yet raising another simile
is this
sort of like hesistating to learn to swim in a pool 'cuz it's not the
ocean?

ERRWSQE
Randall Buth

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