south vs north

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From: Esperanto League N America
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 00:00

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rte@elmo.lz.att.com (Ralph T. Edwards) writes in a recent posting (reference <rte-1302961026570001@mac-118.lz.att.com>):
>
>Most of the above is gentle fun-poking, but there is a core of truth to
>it.  Having lived in northern Europe, I suspect it's the weather that
>makes the folk so melancholy.  It certainly had that effect on me.  Take
>heart, spring is coming soon.
>
I recommend reading an essay of Virginia Woolf: "On not knowing Greek" in
which she argues in a similar vein, claiming that the language of ancient
Greece, and even of modern Mediterranean lands, reflects the friendly
weather and beautiful environment. She cites the willingness to open the
mouth wide in extended vowels, rather than clenching the jaw into clusters
of consonants.

>-- 
>R.T.Edwards rte@elmo.att.com 908 576-3031


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From: elna@netcom.com (Esperanto League N America)
Subject: south vs north  
Date: 1996/02/13
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