02-01-2009, 08:14 AM
Quote:English, even to a native speaker, is a bastard of a language.
Paralus, if you have not seen it, there is an excellent BBC series "The Adventure of English" that examines this in detail. (I can keep this on topic by mentioning how the english language picked up many Greek and Latin words in the flurry of translations of ancient texts, many that we still rely on, that occured in the late 16th- 17th century.)
Paul M. Bardunias
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
