Re: Opinions on English

Am 09/18 14:44  John Cowan yscrifef:
> irina rempt wrote:
> >
> > on mon, 18 sep 2000, yoon ha lee wrote:
> >
> > > Also, some idioms are more fun than others, like "once in a blue moon" or
> > > "parler comme une vache espagnole."
> >
> > And how do Spanish cows talk? :-)
>
> As if with brain damage.  But considering the BSE problem, perhaps the idiom
> should be changed to "comme une vache anglaise".  :-)
>
Or "sifil yn wach saesonig" in the original  ;-)

- andrew.
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