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--- Ash <equinus100@hidden.email> wrote: > > While we are at the topic of the distinction between classical and vulgar > Latins.. > > It is said that Satiricon by Petronius is the only known Latin work which is > written in VL, or something close to that. Can some one point out (or give a > link of a site that shows) the key differences between classical Latin and > Petronian usage? Thanks to Barry, I found the following very illuminating link: http://www.orbilat.com/Proto-Romance/index.html The site contains also another work in Vulgar Latin, the Peregrinatio Aetheriae. Besides, it shows some of the graffity on the walls of Pompeii, a nice corpus of one-liners in Vulgar Latin. Jan ===== "Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com