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Re: Things I wish I could do...
Posted By: bandaids, on host 64.12.96.170
Date: Thursday, August 29, 2002, at 07:13:33
In Reply To: Re: Things I wish I could do... posted by wintermute on Wednesday, August 28, 2002, at 09:29:33:

> > > > 3. Learn obscure languages. Namely Japanese and some of the old languages that the Bible was written in, so I can study the ancient texts. I'm thinking Greek, Hebrew, Latin, maybe Aramaic if possible.
> > >
> > > I think you should learn to speak Welsh, it's probably the most obscure and useless language you can learn.
> > >
> > I think Hungarian is one of the most obscure languages. It's not a slavic language, it's not Latin-based, and it's not Oriental. Furthermore, only the people in Hungary use it.
> >
> > > Entropy"Unless you're Welsh"Kid
> >
> > kniv"or Hungarian"etsil
>
> You could always try Basque, too - It's only used in one tiny corner of Spain, and it isn't related to any other living language. And the only political party that advocates its use has just been banned for supporting terrorism.
>
> wintermute

You could also try learning a language that comes from movies/books like in Star Wars or Lord of the Rings. An even bigger challenge is making up your own language.

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