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		ironchef on Jan 2, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What's your speciality, and what's your "F... Isn't the semitic language a gotcha because of how arabic and hebrew have changed to SVO (while remainder are largely vso?) Or is that the point of asking?

hacknat on Jan 2, 2014 [–]

In this case the assumption is that we're talking about ancient languages.

Edit

You're right that it would be (somewhat) impressive if they knew there was a transition.

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