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Greg
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'lingua franca'-a mixture of various Christian tongues and of words chiefly Italian and Spanish with a sprinkling of Portuguese. I had no idea about this (early 1600s) but what if it had become the predominate language of the world? I definitely want to understand more about world linguistics.
— Sep 02, 2018 08:09AM
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Greg
is on page 900 of 1023
Now, we have three Don Quixote's: Cervantes (whose voice is clear), the first Quixote from Book 1, then a 2nd, fake, Quixote in Book 2 as someone has written what we would now call "fan fiction" of Book 1. Oddly, it works, it is never misleading or confusing, Cervantes stuns. I'm also referencing a newer translation from 2003 as the footnotes are more extensive. How could I have NOT read this book already?
— Sep 10, 2018 06:55AM

Greg
is on page 60 of 1023
Now I know where Trump's campaign speeches came from when Quixote thinks, madly, "...the world needed his immediate presence, so many were the grievances he intended to rectify, the harms he meant to redress, the abuses he would reform...." We've always know Quixote was mad, and now, without a doubt, we know Trump thinks the same way as Quixote. But Quixote poses no danger to the entire world, at least.
— Aug 26, 2018 12:03PM