Latin of the New Sun

Adam Thornton · 21 Jul 2008, 16:29 · from 2008-July.txt.gz

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From: adam at io.com (Adam Thornton)
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:29:15 -0500
Subject: (urth) Latin of the New Sun
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On Jul 21, 2008, at 11:25 AM, John Smith wrote:
> Is Wolfe making little jokes (showing that Valeria and
> Severian don't understand the dead languages as well
> as they think) or is there something deeper going on?

I could never decide whether it was meant to remind us that this was  
not really Latin and that translations (including, of course, the one  
from Severian's tongue into English!) are approximations, or whether  
he's making little jokes.  I incline towards the first.

Adam
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