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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>
  • Cc: 'b-hebrew' <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Aramaic in Babylonia
  • Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:00:45 +0100

On 06/07/2005 00:48, Uri Hurwitz wrote:

"Lisbeth S. Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu> wrote:

".... It is my
understanding of modern Arabic that spoken Arabic
differs mightily from the written. When two who
speak the same spoken Arabic dialect write letters
they still must use the written form, since
according to my informants, you cannot write the
spoken form. ...

...
Also, captions in cartoons etc can be written in the colloquial language.


In fact the "cannot" in "you cannot write the spoken form" is not a linguistic or orthographical issue but a social convention. There may have been social conventions in the ancient Near East as well, of course.

--
Peter Kirk
peter AT qaya.org (personal)
peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
http://www.qaya.org/



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