Quoting Joe <joe@...>:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andreas Johansson" <andjo@...>
> To: <CONLANG@...>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 8:15 PM
> Subject: Re: OT: Official language post
> > Says the speaker of a West Germanic language that's trying very hard
> to
> look
> > like a Romance one. English is essentially Language's equivalent to
> a
> > transvestite.
> >
>
>
> Minor nitpick: It should be 'equivalent of', when you're using it as
> a
> noun. 'equivalent to' is an adjective.
There's something special about being corrected on one's (lack of) English
grammar in a post that complains about English ...
Andreas