Ok, LJ Brain trust...

[edwarddain]

I have a hankering to finally get off my ass and study myself some Akkadian.

I've certainly spent some time figuring out what other people have said are good texts for this - but I'm wondering what the LJ Brain Trust says (if anything).

I want to learn both language structure and cunieform.

Comments

[marduk_lok]

Ah... it also depends on which era you are interested in. True AKKADIAN Akkadian (it was only used for under 60 years). Sumerian-Renaissance Akkadian? Assyrian Akkadian? Babylonian Akkadian?

[edwarddain]

That is something that I have to admit that I'm still struggling with - I'm open to debate to a certain degree.

Part of this study is for esoteric reasons, and as a result the exact era studied is both important and at the same time somewhat irrelevant for my purposes.

[marduk_lok]

I'm sure my conjugation on that tattoo on littlebella1980's back is horrific - and probably blends dialects spanning over 2 millennia.

Fortunately there aren't very many people around who can tell me I'm wrong.

In any case, symbolism is symbolism. ;-)

*cough*

[edwarddain]

Our interests seem to coincide to at least a certain degree...

;-)

[phoenixprime]

*sigh*

Another one.

And the worst part? I really really like the first one.

And then there were two.

[marduk_lok]

Oh, don't tempt me.

lol ;-D

[phoenixprime]

Why not? >:-}

[marduk_lok]

Why not? >:-}

Oh... lots of reasons...

1) Believe it or not, I'm trying to be good. ;-D
2) He (::nudges head towards him::) knows more martial arts than I do.
3) My memory may be faulty on this issue (it has been several years, after all), but I believe that I already have one attractive sadistic dominant in my life. If I had two I think I'd explode. What I am *lacking* is an attractive submissive masochist. Hell, I'd just settle for non-dominant/sadist. No, screw that - at this point I'd just settle for kinky non-lesbian. <-- so maybe I should rethink my previous comment.

Uhm... let's just pretend this conversation never happened. o_O

[phoenixprime]

Uhm... let's just pretend this conversation never happened. o_O

Hm... sometimes I like playing let's pretend. I think it's called role-playing, and I often do it in groups, so I suppose I can add you to the list of people I do it with. *noddy noddy*

Although I must admit that I am wondering how faulty your memory is since the one attractive sadistic dominant currently in your life lives with you, and I'm failing to figure out how you could have forgotten that she's there...

Oops. Sorry. Negative experience points to me for forgetting that the table rules involve pretending the conversation never happened...

:-)