Re: evolving languages
| From: | Jake X <starvingpoet@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 16, 2003, 0:38 |
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> 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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