Sicilian dialect here.....NOT Italian...well I can but prefer not too....remember getting smacked as a boy for using textbook Italian and telling my Irish friends I was Italian....My Nonna would always yell...."you're Sicilian boy, you should never forget that!"
On 8 November 2011 15:10, Mat Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > I like that theory! I am Magyar and Hungarian is my first language:/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Raymond E. Feist > Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 3:43 PM > To: feistfans-l > Subject: Re: New "get to know you" question > > > On Nov 8, 2011, at 11:23 AM, Mat Fisher wrote: > > > Don't even get me started on Hungarian... > > > Ugric languages were among the most fascinating in those I read about in > college. Magyar, Ostyak, and Vogul. And on and off the debate rages if > Somi (Finnish) is related. Last time I looked they were thinking they > were, again. I haven't paid attention for a number of years, so they may > have changed their mind, again. > > Best you can come up with is that the Magyars were tough bastards who > wouldn't be conquered by the Germans, Romans, Slaves, or anyone else coming > though the area. So they kept their linguistic roots intact. > > Best,R.E.F. > ---- > www.crydee.com > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > > > > >
