air conditioning may be making us fat
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From: jeremyrh.geo on 15 Jul 2006 10:05 Mxsmanic wrote: > Which ones? Those ones over there - him, him, and her. B;
From: jeremyrh.geo on 15 Jul 2006 10:06 Mxsmanic wrote: > Dave Frightens Me writes: > > > Well, unlike other languages, English is defined by usage. > > English is not "defined by usage," nor is any other language. What is it defined by? Unemployed IT geeks filling in as English teachers? B;
From: Mxsmanic on 15 Jul 2006 12:08 Stanislas de Kertanguy writes: > OK. Fine. But it may be /Aspir?/, right ? Yes. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Mxsmanic on 15 Jul 2006 12:11 ~* Magda ~* writes: > What are you guys talking about?? All languages are defined by usage. Someone forgot to explain that to Zamenhof and the IALA. > Grammar can say what it likes; if people won't follow, then > the *rules* have to change. Grammar is not a person, so it says nothing. People follow the rules of grammar because they cannot communicate with each other otherwise. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Stanislas de Kertanguy on 15 Jul 2006 12:13
Le 15/07/2006, Mxsmanic a ?crit : > Stanislas de Kertanguy writes: > >> OK. Fine. But it may be /Aspir?/, right ? > > Yes. So, what was your point ? Do you have any advice on how to figure whether a word common to French and English has a mute initial H ? -- remplacez "lesptt" par "laposte" pour me joindre substitute "laposte" for "lesptt" to reach me |