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

From:Christian Thalmann <cinga@...>
Date:Monday, April 29, 2002, 20:50
--- In conlang@y..., Kala Tunu <kalatunu@H...> wrote:

> aherm, maybe we shouldn't flame each other for such trivia.
How come everybody who says that in this thread then immediately proceeds to flame someone for such trivia? =P
> Acasenile > Acadebile
How come I suddenly suspect you're not fond of your venerable Académie? ;-)
> ...and Christophe reports how 99.99% of > the french metropolitans actually pronounce it.
Which, of course, is the only "right" way to pronounce French, Monsieur Mullah. ;-) I guess that makes rural Frenchmen and Suisses Romands mere ignorants, then.
> as a side note: Christian, you earned what you called for: never argue with a > french on his/her language. just don't. never ever.
Yeah, it's the same with creationists... they're wrong, but how are you going to prove it to them? ;-) ::dons asbestos suit:: -- Christian Thalmann

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