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Landing:
Weren't there a couple of other races in Alera when they first showed up? Of course they fought them into extinction, so I guess they had just as little none war contact as with the Cannim or Marat. I could see the Legions maybe keeping some of them as slaves (if taking them as slaves was at all possible) before they went extinct. Do you think that would have had any effect?
John 1:17:
so they would speak Latin like the ancients in Stargate SG:1? I agree with both belgarion and Shecky. There would be a change in what was spoken, and even if it wasn't a HUGE change... there could still be problems. just look at Germany, Austria, and Switzerland... they all speak German, but they all have their own words, dialects, and so forth. just cause you know the language of one doesn't mean you know the language of the others. Or look at English. We have Australian, American, British, heck, even in American, you take someone like me from the pacific northwest, and drop em in the south.... cant understand three quarters of whats being said. even though i am fluent in English.
Priscellie:
There would definitely be some departure from the Latin we know. At the very least, I expect a few words from other languages spoken by the troops and camp followers would have snuck in where no Latin word existed, and new words had to be coined over the centuries (like, y'know, "furycraft").
belgarion:
--- Quote from: Priscellie on November 23, 2009, 03:50:20 AM ---There would definitely be some departure from the Latin we know. At the very least, I expect a few words from other languages spoken by the troops and camp followers would have snuck in where no Latin word existed, and new words had to be coined over the centuries (like, y'know, "furycraft").
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Yep. Perfect. Just like "xerox" is a verb meaning copying!
John 1:17:
i love the twist this has taken....
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