Two memes

[nwhyte]

From marykaykare in this instance, though in fact I did answer this one before. Now I have to do it again and give different answers.

Name a CD you own that no one else on your friends list does.

The Orthodox Celts: "The Celts Strike Again" and "Green Roses".

Name a book you own that no one else on your friends list does.Thanks to Library Thing this one

Comments

[applez]

What, you need to know more than 'Sushi!' 'Biru!' 'Kampai!' 'Sake!' 'Hai!' and 'Domo Ariigato'? :-)

[crazysoph]

And literacy, literacy!! My bugaboo in imagining my presence in Japan for the Worldcon is being unable to read signs in public places, and so unable to get by even on that basic level, whether manuvering the public transport (which has some English, I'm told, but it's spotty) or trying to buy a simple item in a shop...

Crazy(but, you know, trying to learn Japanese, it's just plain fun; is it okay to admit that?)Soph

[applez]

Have you seen written Burmese...you might rather like it. Nice-sounding too, but then I'm biased. :-)

[nwhyte]

The superficial resemblance between written Burmese and written Georgian is indeed striking. I find it especially interesting that თ is the letter "t" in both. However the resemblance ends there - as you well know, Burmese isn't exactly an alphabet where Georgian is. Also ი is "i" in Georgian but "g" in Burmese, and I don't think any of the other letters exactly match.

[applez]

Yeah, just a superficial resemblance. I don't know much about Georgian, but I don't imagine it is a tonal language like Burmese. At least they are both phonetic languages.

Regarding the writing, Burmese is derived from the sanskrit...one can't help wondering about old trade routes the other direction, through the Fertile Crescent...

[nwhyte]

Part of my long-ago researches on the history of astrology, especially as applied to government by high-level and gullible politicians!