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

En réponse à Christian Thalmann <cinga@...>:

>
> Funny to hear that from someone who chose to ignore *two*
> counter-examples to keep his *one* example untarnished, Mister "God
> speaks
> French".  ;-)
>
Well, shall I remind you that you were talking about how to represent [e] vs.
[E] in the Latin alphabet, and that of your two examples, one was about [E] vs.
[ej] (or [e:], but not [e] at all) and the other in the Greek alphabet? (as
for "eire", http://www.contemporarypoetry.com/brain/lang/irish1.html says |ei|
is equivalent to English |eh|, which I've always taken to represent [E] (since
[e:] is more or less represented |ay|), so unless it's wrong, it would be
another example in my favor)

At least, my own example was to the point, and wasn't trying to divert the
whole thing be giving imperfect examples.

> 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.  ;-)
>
Both things you really have to learn about... At least, I didn't pretend to
know more than you about your native language.

>
> > I just pointed out a defect in your logic,
>
> As did I in yours.
>
But I never said that my way was more logic. I just said that it was more
common! My whole point was that "logic" is pointless in this matter! (something
about diplomacy and good manner: listening to the other is always a sign of
diplomacy and good manner)

>
> > and was backed up by other people.
>
> As was I.
>
Where? All other replies there were were all saying that whatever logic may be
behind your claim, it was probably not going to be what people will think
first, and will mostly confuse rather than enlighten people. Who was "ignoring"
things then?

>
> Anyway, I want to catch some sleep tonight, so I suggest we stick to
> the truce proposed two posts ago.
>
Well, be sure at least that I won't bother reply anymore to your posts until I
get apologies from your part (at least I tried to stay polite with you. I can't
say it's the same from the other side, and I'm not in a mood to accept insults
currently).

Christophe.

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