Re: THEORY: Subject: THEORY: Word Order In Phrases

Quoting Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>:
> Well, I could never imagine that a speaker of a Romance language would ever
> try
> to compare another Romance lang with English to try and understand it...
    An honest mistake I'm sure. After all, we all know that English is
essentially French as spoken by drunk Norsemen to pretty Anglo-Saxon barmaids,
so why not try to understand obtuse French proverbs via English? ;>
    This reminds me of a former roommate of mine whose Russian improved
dramatically when liberally sprinkled with vodka (or alcohol of any kind)...
    :Peter

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