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

--- In conlang@y..., Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@F...> wrote:

> > Our discussion has been about as productive
> > as discussing religion with the Taliban.  =P
> >
>
> True. But at least *I* wasn't the Taliban.
Funny to hear that from someone who chose to ignore *two*
counter-examples to keep his *one* example untarnished, Mister "God speaks
French".  ;-)

You know, my first draft of the sentence above was "Discussing
language with Frenchmen is like discussing religion with the Taliban",
but I decided to defuse it in favor of diplomacy and good manner.  ;-)


> I just pointed out a defect in your logic,
As did I in yours.


> and was backed up by other people.
As was I.


Anyway, I want to catch some sleep tonight, so I suggest we stick to
the truce proposed two posts ago.


-- Christian Thalmann

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