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Re: E and e (was: A break in the evils of English (or, Sturnan is beautiful))

From:Danny Wier <dawier@...>
Date:Monday, May 6, 2002, 14:46
From: "Christophe Grandsire" <christophe.grandsire@...>

> En réponse à Danny Wier <dawier@...>:
> > I think the French (check me here Christophe) say something like > > "l'amour de > > Dieu est folie", meaning "the love of God is folly".
> I never heard such a sentence (but then, I've never been very religious, > although I did my First Communion - because my parents promised me to buy
a
> computer :)) -). In which occasion would it be used exactly?
Might be a regional usage. I heard this phrase from a former Catholic priest who's popular in the "12-Step" recovery community in America. ~Danny~