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Re: Books for sanskrit self-study

From:Ph.D. <phil@...>
Date:Sunday, July 9, 2006, 23:50
Hanuman Zhang wrote:
> > Michael Adams wrote: > > > > Or go further to > > > > SanSkrit.. > > > > San = without > > Skrit or Script or Scribe? = writing > > > > Without Writing or .. > > > > Mike > > > 0_o? Just WTF are you blabbering on about? > > Why do you continue to just embarass yourself on this list???
[snip] I believe Mike is trying to make a joke. A couple of days ago, he posted a message to this effect:
> Every decision has "pros" and "cons." So If "pro" is the > opposite of "con," then is "Congress" the opposite of > "progress"?
>From their responses, some members outside the United
States took this statement as showing Mike's lack of understanding of various prefixes. However, this statement is a common joke in the United States. Everyone here dislikes the federal Congress (for different reasons), so it makes a good joke for stand-up comedians. Just like this one:
> Why do we drive our cars on a "parkway," but park our > cars on a "driveway"?
Perhaps it would help if Mike used emoticons when trying to be funny. --Ph. D.

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