People assume cos I speak Greek, I know Modern &/or Ancient Greek. I speak a language most Greeks don't understand. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypriot_Greek …
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Replying to @o_guest
Similarly, TV gives the impression all jews / Israelis speak Yiddish, but in Israel it's actually not spoken by most.
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Replying to @yoyehudi
I haven't noticed that but then again I'm literally from next door to Israel.
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So I know most speak Hebrew and English.
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and the fact that most do is a phenomenon that I find very interesting linguistically https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revival_of_the_Hebrew_language …
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Replying to @EmreSevinc @o_guest
It's impressive! Maybe helps that it's not dissimilar from biblical heb, so religious scholars already had a foundation
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Replying to @yoyehudi @EmreSevinc
On a tan, I assume you are aware that Greece is the only country to have a war over language as they tried same thing.
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Replying to @o_guest @EmreSevinc
I was not! Yikes. Every time you think you've heard all the terrible excuses for killing :(
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well I mean it's mostly class based, so you will have come across that reason. But yeah, repercussions to this day.
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