Re: anti-Sanskritism and more

Quoting JS Bangs <jaspax@...>:

> Quoting Tristan McLeay <zsau@...>:
>
> > > > > Heh. I understand it's redundency.
> > > >
> > > > You mean "its". :)
> > >
> > > Ah, now the native speaker errs. "It's" is correct here, because Andreas
> > meant
> > > "it is", which is abbreviated with the apostrophe.
> >
> > Ah, but you're confusing yourself with the attributions, or getting my
> > name and native language confused :)
>
> Well, how am I supposed to tell all of you apart? You all look the same with
> your blonde hair and Nordic good looks ;)
Call me a suspicious bastard, but I can't help thinking you're remembering me
mentioning that I don't like being told my hair is blond* a few weeks back.

* What's the deal with "blond" and "blonde" in English, anyway? Is one of them
wrong, or are they just alternatives, or is there some sort of distinction?
Some people seem to be upholding a francoid masc/fem distinction with them?

                                                         Andreas

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