Re: ASSAMESE AND BENGALI CONTROVERSY IN UNICODE STANDARD ::::: SOLUTIONS

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Richard Wordingham <
richard.wordingham_at_ntlworld.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:17:08 +0200
> Joó Ádám <adam_at_jooadam.hu> wrote:
>
> > > To extend the list, the Irish, Scots, English, Scandinavians and
> > > Poles picked up the Roman heritage without the assistance of being
> > > physically conquered. And the Romanians re-established it as an
> > > expression of non-Slavness.
> >
> > Well, the official language of Hungary was Latin up until 1844. Does
> > that qualify us as the true inheritors of the Roman Empire?
>
> No. I wasn't sure how voluntarily Hungary (or rather, its rulers) had
> adopted West European ways, so I didn't add Hungary to the list.

Oh, its rulers adopted "West European" ways (or rather: the Latin Rite
Church's way as opposed to the Greek Rite Church's ways) quite voluntarily
in the late 10th century...
Received on Wed Jul 11 2012 - 17:27:44 CDT