Anglo-Saxon vs. Latin

[dukealien]

Anglo-Saxon vs. Latin (Senryu)


Running uphill is hard–
unlike running downhill
which is difficult.

[TranquillityBase]

Anglo-Saxon vs. Latin (Senryu)


Running uphill is hard–
unlike running downhill
which is difficult.

Having dabbled in both languages (Anglo Saxon more than Latin) in my college days, this one's been echoing in my brain all day.

[RiverNotch]

I'm dabbling in Latin/Italian, but I have encountered Anglo-Saxon (or rather Old English), this really tickles my fancy xD

That said, is difficult from Latin directly, or from French?

[dukealien]

@both - I was thinking Latin via Norman-French, but (one source) it's via late-medieval French... at least in written form.

Odd, isn't it, how water quickly resolves difficulties that perplex hybrid organisms such as ourselves?  But it can only gain height by persistent, widespread accumulation... probably a poem in there somewhere.

[TranquillityBase]

I read it as a metaphor for one language evolving upwards (and outwards), while the other was in decline.

[dukealien]

I read it as a metaphor for one language evolving upwards (and outwards), while the other was in decline.

Must confess, I had not thought of it that way.  Neat!

[Miley]

Languages aside the metaphor is far reaching... It takes me to hiking, and positioning ones efforts outside of the contemporary