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Re: evolving languages

From:Jake X <starvingpoet@...>
Date:Thursday, January 16, 2003, 0:38
> It could be interpreted to mean that languages more or less follow the > tendencies (ie, languages generally follow the tendencies) but (now > entering into the play on words...) but some really are much less willing > to follow. Kind of like (my paraphrasing of) Orwell's "All pigs are > created equal, but some are more equal than others." At least that
example
> seems related in my mind -- if it doesn't actually connect to the "more or > less" discussion, then just ignore it. ;) Some are less "more or less" > than others, or somesuch.
IIRC, you misquoted. It was "all animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others." Your version was wrong because, IIRC and I read it a while ago, the pigs were the "more equal" category.
> -- > AA
Jake

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