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From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 19 Jul 2006 11:28 Mxsmanic wrote: > EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) writes: > > >>Is that the same as "Esperanto", or something different? > > > Apparently you did not follow the suggestion to Google for it. Apparently I had better things to do! (And I avoid Google whenever possible, since Google addresses seems to be the source of so much spam - I wish it would go away and leave the field to more accurate "search" engines.) > > Interlingua is one of a handful of constructed languages, like > Esperanto and Ido. None of these languages has ever enjoyed any real > success. >
From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 19 Jul 2006 11:24 Mxsmanic wrote: > EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) writes: > > >>No, you appear to be a masochist. > > > Being tolerant makes me a masochist? Should I cry and stamp my foot > like all the children here do when they feel slighted? Ummm.... What do you call what you ARE doing? (Figuratively, of course - although for all we know you may be doing so literally, too, locked away in your solitary broom-closet.) >
From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 19 Jul 2006 11:26 Mxsmanic wrote: > dgs writes: > > >>And yet, you constantly respond to what you regard as "personal >>attacks." > > > Personal attacks by others work in my favor in debate, especially if I > point them out. In your own eyes, maybe - but only in your own eyes does the world revolve around YOU! >
From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 19 Jul 2006 11:38 jeremyrh.geo(a)yahoo.com wrote: > Mxsmanic wrote: > > >> A lot of people here don't like it when I'm right. > > > I think people are happy enough when you're right. What they find > irritating is that you keep pretending you're right when you're wrong. > > Tell us about those universal rules of music again? Or that post-pubescent virgin human females don't have menstrual periods?
From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 19 Jul 2006 11:35
Mxsmanic wrote: > Karen Selwyn writes: > > >>Educated speakers of English have agreed that "me and Anthony" is wrong. > > > Many speakers of English are uneducated, and in today's political > climate, it is considered improper to point out their mistakes. In non classroom situations, true (I imagine only you would be rude enough to do so). However, if you're teaching them English in a class, isn't that one of the purposes of their attending? > >>Therefore, "me and Anthony" is acceptable to uneducated/inadequately >>educated speakers of English. Is that a group whose approval someone >>should want? > > > No, but it is politically incorrect to say this. And you accuse ME of adopting cultural attitudes because they are politically correct? (Inconsistency, thy name is MIxi.) > |