• Microw
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    11 hours ago

    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.

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      8 hours ago

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

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        7 hours ago

        I can see why you like it, fassgealterte Langeweile