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Re: Language Corruption

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 26, 1999, 16:36
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999 07:49:32 -0800 Garrett <alkaline@...> writes:
>Here's my theory: Languages are becoming more corrupted through time. >Look >at the languages of today - they have all sorts of idiosyncracies, >irregularities, idioms, and stuff like that. Look at the ancient >languages >like Latin or Greek - they may have a bunch of cases and stuff, but at >least they're regular, AFAIK. > >-Garrett Jones aka Alkaline
Hmm...*i*diosyncracies, *i*rregularities, *i*dioms...? Have you ever considered that it may not be the languages that you have a problem with, but the letter _i_ ? :) -Stephen (Steg) ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]