Show LETTER FROM ATHENS I 1 elder loy wood of ayi fyi 1 plains some of the of the greek greck Land language dag athens athoa greece july 1060 editor dipper in n my lily ju ft lotter letter describing my iny j urness to this fur 41 off ou and I 1 stat ad t 1111 had bud lauded tw a i str stranger angor ill licul abt and langua ye than I 1 had ayr toro oro boon in ili that was my iny I 1 ain in and living 0 1144 for a yc ar and a half liala I 1 bit 9 found it to bo be in tills this letter I 1 am sl going to t liy I 1 und and shw yo you a what it a i 1 UtU lg language grook is and ahil aa u gre groat tit c confusion on fusion it is creade C among tho greeks of today thoro there I 1 is ono one question upon the grec grebus flis tire peculiarly st sni nt tive live that of tho M there are mum in greece two forms of greek that flint written by the newspapers and spoken keil with willi some soine medications 4 by tile theton tati bated classes classert clas sest aud and the lar which contains it au nab i if italian and turkish words und dispenses with 00 the oo more blahm atod grammar of the elegant lati laii guage phe former is called I 1 ho h or pure lansu langu iw ligo the latter tile the lomo tike tile the pijp PO ular or more scornfully alio ile chy daia or ol vulgar idiom 11 between the partisans of these two forma of greek thero there roges it a war which knows no no subject not evl even it ihei aul carians ga carians ga rians arouses such it a tur fur I 1 ih ll 11 an assembly of greeks us las this nut not long igo two professors tu ou came so excited owing to fco a difference of df opinion 0 on n the language all 0 que question quest iun ut cafe that they fell upon oil one an other with their sticks and had h id to lo be separated by tile tho s lestal tors ors I 1 hove have scon ono one worthy greek beside himself w with ith indignation at the more mere idea of anyone pre preferring derring the vulgar to the dupure blare speech the gospel riots of novus her ber 1901 which led to the fall of tile the ili birst st Theo tokes ministry largely 0 arose out of the indig indignation L na of the students und and others s at the translation of the new testament neut into ane vernacular and I 1 have heard almost uneducated people express strong opinions in fi favor 1 ivor of keeping the text of the gospel iu in tho uri C ital G greek r e e I 1 K in ili november of 1903 athens was convulsed beca because tibe the ove oteo teia of aeschylus had ba sen ed and presented at tile the thell in a modern greek var version ioa by al atis ed to contain vulgar expressions professor albini i L aar fl flure figure C ure illethe IL at athe LAthe wid aa apis tie ot of purity in lausii c i gu und beauty in a form ote delivered livered un tin in incendiary cen diary trie students marched out in ill defense of ae aeschylus u a I nut iol took place lit in which ati an io innocent un onlooker looker broil I 1 Alex Alexandr andriL iii was killed and th hiie U ralles in ill order tu to pre lire vent worse ai orders forbade tiny any further performances of tile fending eDding Off ol trilogy which tt the students lind had throat threatened ened to interrupt uti on tho the ground that it was bothin nothing less than sacrilege o to distort the pure Itin language guage of the tra tragedian 1 edian professor los was in deed boet thre with proceed birgs M for fm irwi irH inns litia to to a breach of vie the itI tut lt hilt he retorted by accusing two of if his coil colleague professor lam lampros pros and poli 1 ip os of i injuring i tain langum language e ind thereby the national I 1 iby by introducing now S in thir their writings writing ti and lectures the rhe timona part art of this cir cat ip i that the very I 1 persons who denounce the vulgar ian language ua e often use it themselves I 1 in unguarded moments and even when arguing ii heatedly in defense of the pure speech li the papers repress represented anted professor iotes ites himself himsel fas as using collo colloquium phrases plira ses to his sick daughter when she sudden ai I 1 collid ill auz tit f alm 11 to h U ul lu itil 1 arlt aliw ill ili thu nie vohn uc a lijour had haa I 1 cider lifa ilia of itam unito who lillow know ditth of tho the I 1 kall yo so far to to am ilits tho 00 paro lak 1 A out tn ill ihu tr c V ton videos lt a aft tufit anut iI jilt for two duill eart bor or waito rito sn V Isi Kiu aly I 1 ill pro ro 1 I i ow adof of 01 alie 0 st wa alit I 1 it winch which arces tho alm ilm ry m sidn ann pants ut of tile mon 11 e na M and M pad 1 aello is aliat tho iho pett sunt who rp cilc it havo it a alija I 1 vocabulary mainly ay coll t word lr for sa s1 alph thinus I 1 coll coir us its stion as thu writt 1 laavy IL aavo d inot tl 3 it aud C coico k 11 I 1 0 li t i du 10 Acri pilon they haive io to 0 o inck tit words etli n nut not greeir nt ill it nil it 10 express ex pruss their idonis lil trat iio 01 atcy gy taits more i tle heinl tillit of clio lj tx tri niu purist urlet url st tho the cultured grefor lotof 1110 amo tire I 1 htiu lie I 1 newly lucate dj proud of their attili 11 tile tits lilt 0 to use tho i and tile tho hitie lon r I 1 or worda bordo of to il us ls poel aily befort sn enors n Pett peasants have dain again and tum anin n used tu to tile piu tho claSsie brallior chaij alian thu tho vernacular vyrna cular words bior cornmon of duniy daiev life foi aur it i them tile beti Tuen tile tho two f fornis norflis of the language lun gaage I 1 is most mar maitred tred hut but it must bo be that with all ul their diff armce q thoy are both creoli tho the green greeli languor has never been denu their there e li has is devur been uny any period pern id from froin thu tho ihno of bouier to tho the last number of tile iho As asty ty when greek in some form or othel was not it n living spoken lall hm for tny my I 1 think that ahat buitt bati the pure L 0 and tile the vulgar havi have thuir inherits iny ine rits 11 ine lie former isdoria element ele mint the thu lalit I 1 inure and wore vigorous the former coriner would nim ut at agnor iba iu gl all 1 forel 11 bilu jatter pi serves thosa in ing ti crucs act s of latin nud and Tur turkia kih ti rule which liko like francish annish Fr towers or r ill ihu me rea mid and tile the couoh alost joes ul f are aej an integral und roma litle part of lile IHM i I 1 or A ahon v 13 co tiova corli na auono ilir own litti I 1 iua guage u it is 1 im wit to lo an ai ill duiff I 1 ce I 1 iii aval ol ii taw ul veli for foi it a pure ajl bu this Is 11 bpi upi to make pay morn to the stylo thail to thu ihu i their literary prod s wn wit 1 I n I 1 I acreus has dt claimed clui med 10 lo ti birdle tit ot it a vas gata tf oy ills his ww boni tilo alto pralo pral o can call b bv bOM to towed tVed supori it is to I 1 ally ay 1 1 aliat lan I 1 11 ie I 1 L tun ma in look looking itil over lily iny bettor that it I 1 rather long so will close for this by wishing tile davis david county comity clip per all thu success in ill the iho world and bot beit re regards ardis to tile alie subscribe sub scrib e ors r s I 1 i us as evev it a davis county hoy boy and proud of it LOY WOOD atlin athens greece |