Talk:Adam Clarke

Latest comment: 1 year ago by PeterR2 in topic British or Irish?

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The reference to Clarke being antisemitic is NPOV. I don't think there's a need to editorialize - keep the quote and let people draw their own conclusions. Adam_sk (talk) 02:23, 8 October 2009 (UTC)Reply

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I find the following sentence incomprehensible:

He also proposed that the third language was Coptic (it was actually Demotic, which is written almost the same as, and has the same meaning as Coptic)

Is Demotic really written "almost the same" as Coptic? And what does "to have the same meaning" signify? That the two words, Coptic and Demotic mean the same, or that the two languages are virtually indistinguishable? I do not have the expertise to edit the text, but whatever it is asserting does not correspond with what I can read about Demotic and Coptic in Wikipedia, or what I know about the Rosetta Stone.

I hope this is helpful. Robert Limb (talk) 05:48, 19 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

British or Irish?

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Clarke was born in the Kingdom of Ireland (prior to the creation of the United Kingdom), but his ministry appears to have been largely in England. Nevertheless I feel that the word "British" in the first sentence of the article should be replaced with "Irish". I myself am British (English) and have always moved in Protestant circles so this is not a political point on my part. I will make the change but will accept it being reverted if anyone can show a clear logic for doing so. PeterR2 (talk) 16:19, 21 January 2025 (UTC)Reply