NationStates Jolt Archive

The title of the thread is a most true statement. Indeed, today I spent £33:94 on two books, which I had no previous intent on buying, purely because they caught my eye.

The books in question were "The Complete Roman Army" and "In the name of Rome" by Adrian Goldsworthy. But it has struck me just how colossal the amount of money was to me! For example, the weekly food shop came to 27 pounds, and with that we eat for a week, quite comfortably too. Two books apparently have a greater worth! Still, they do fit quite nicely into my ever expanding book collection, whilst Rome isn't my most preferred of ancient civilisations (I love you Carthage), they do strike my armchair general as something I should read, despite the fact that Goldsworthy seems to disdain armchair generals, har.


So, enough of my needless financial frivolity for two books, because other people have surely done far more silly things with their limited funds and/or taken their interests to silly degrees. (Spending 30 pounds on books of ancient history seems silly to me, though I won't regret it.) Which is why I always put up these threads, because I'm nosy.

I've spent £66.99 on a book of Indo-European orthographic and phonological changes over the last 2000 years, and I don't evne study Linguistics.

I've spent £66.99 on a book of Indo-European orthographic and phonological changes over the last 2000 years, and I don't evne study Linguistics.

You win. I hate you now. *shakes fist*

To be fair, I don't study history either except amateurishly, but I am seeking to change that so it doesn't count.

That must have been an exceptionally dry read. Did it help in your efforts to create a language? :D

It's not really the kind of book you "read" - you use it as a reference should you require any explaination of possible changes you could apply to a conlang.