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Re: The Rosetta Stone

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This is the Greek section

My knowledge of ancient Greek is very limited but - there does not appear to be any punctuation - how do they know where words/sentences/phrases begin and end?
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16-06-2019, 10:24 PM
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Re: The Rosetta Stone

Is this about smashing plates?

That's not really good plates of course.
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16-06-2019, 10:28 PM
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Re: The Rosetta Stone

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Is this about smashing plates?

That's not really good plates of course.
They are not allowed to do that any more, Spitty, it's against HSE regulations!
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16-06-2019, 10:32 PM
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Re: The Rosetta Stone

Not even with goggles hard hat and high viz?
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16-06-2019, 10:43 PM
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Re: The Rosetta Stone

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Not even with goggles hard hat and high viz?
Hmm - they wouldn't go with my silk stockings and killer heels!
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16-06-2019, 11:05 PM
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Re: The Rosetta Stone

Originally Posted by Silver Tabby ->
My knowledge of ancient Greek is very limited but - there does not appear to be any punctuation - how do they know where words/sentences/phrases begin and end?
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Koine_...nd_Punctuation

"In actual Greek texts from the era when Koine Greek was used as a day-to-day language, Greek was usually written with no punctuation. The words ran together completely, with no spacing or markup. Accents, breathing marks, spaces, and other punctuation are added at a much later time, making texts easier to read. "
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Re: The Rosetta Stone

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https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Koine_...nd_Punctuation

"In actual Greek texts from the era when Koine Greek was used as a day-to-day language, Greek was usually written with no punctuation. The words ran together completely, with no spacing or markup. Accents, breathing marks, spaces, and other punctuation are added at a much later time, making texts easier to read. "
How confusing - well, to me, anyway.
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Re: The Rosetta Stone

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My knowledge of ancient Greek is very limited but - there does not appear to be any punctuation - how do they know where words/sentences/phrases begin and end?
You think that's bad?? Try reading a Torah scroll!
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Re: The Rosetta Stone

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You think that's bad?? Try reading a Torah scroll!
I have never even seen one of those, AT, not many (if any) Jewish people around here since 1190!
 
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