Re: Optimum number of symbols, though mostly talking about french now

En réponse à Roger Mills <romilly@...>:

>
> (At risk of exciting the wrath of Christophe.....:-))))
No chance, I gave exactly the same explanation :))) .

>
> All praise to Spanish, which lost that particular bit of oddness.
>
True, that was a nice bit of Spanish. On the other hand, they have more
irregular verbs than French, and the irregularities are worse!!! And knowing
when to use "ser" and when to use "estar" is just a nightmare :)) .

>
> Well, if your language is going to have agreement, then obviously you
> have
> to distinguish M/F. Is there a problem with the "moon" being feminine
> in
> French?  I'm sure it would curl a Frenchman's toes to hear "Catherine
> Deneuve est un acteur tres excellent ...."(pardon my spelling).
The spelling was correct, and I would indeed curl my toes at this sentence (and
Catherine Deneuve would probably sue the person who treated her like a
man :)) ).

> >
> C'est incroyable!.  As Prof. Henry Higgins said, "The French don't care
> what
> you do, actually, as long as you pronounce it correctly."
>
True. We're hypersensitive when it comes to pronunciation :)) .

Christophe.

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