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Just Classicist Problems (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I like the way we handle it in German, where Klassische Altertumswissenschaft is the study of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome as pioneered by Friedrich August Wolf in the 1700s, and Altertumswissenschaft is used for the more broad study of antiquity.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The German impulse to just smoosh words together is perpetually amusing and awe inspiring

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can see why you like it, fassgealterte Langeweile

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Können wir aus dem Namen ein langes zusammengesetztes Substantiv draus machen?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Natürlich ist daß ja doch verstatten!