Re: OT: In the 'ignorance on parade' file

well , i dont wanted to discuss about this topic ever.
its my opinion and i mentioned it in a post , which commented the
highlighted article on vocabula.com.
and when i think of a pure and clean language without foreign
influences then i am not forced to explain my point of view since
it was not meant as an argument.

DP> In a message dated 8/12/01 11:03:57 PM, claudio.soboll@GMX.DE writes:
DP> << define "purity" please.
DP> i neglect to speak about races here to not support your silly cliches. >>
DP>     You tread a fine line in talking about this, for your command of English
DP> is not very good, and your guilty of many of the evils you decry.  For
DP> instance, the foreign words you introduce into English in your many posts
DP> unwittingly, which arise as technical terms which don't exist; the butchering
DP> of our "pure" English grammar;

    why i use foreign words and ambiguity ?
    at least in english there is hardly a way around foreign words
    and ambiguity but that doesnt lead to the conclusion that i favour them.
    as long as my butchering is well understood it has served as successful
    butchering.

DP> and not to mention how AMBIGUOUS just about
DP> EVERYTHING you say is!  If ambiguity is evil, then it is not just I and the
DP> rest who are devils, but you as well.
DP>     Take some of the things you've written here:
DP> <<delete my friend, and lean back to relax.>>
DP>     Who's your friend, and how might one delete him/her?
DP> <<well "pat", with no word i insulted your person>>
DP>     Did you?  That's pretty good; often I have to employ words to insult
DP> someone verbally.
DP> <<i really dont like to discuss things on this niveau anymore,>>
DP>     Now, I'll admit, I've only been an English speaker for about 18 years
DP> (not counting the couple where I couldn't speak, because I was an infant),
DP> but that word "niveau" doesn't appear to me to be an English word, and my
DP> dictionary agrees.  Nevertheless, I understood what you meant (rather than
DP> "on this niveau", you might want to say "in this vein" or "along these lines"
DP> next time), and the fact that you used this doesn't bother me, and it didn't
DP> seem to bother you, either.  Yet you speak of "foreign impurities" leading to
DP> "technical terms, which aren't understood by the majority of people"?
DP>     I'd like to end with a quote of yours:
DP>     <<ambiguity is not only bad , its evil.>>
DP>     As a final note, though, while I do like to engage in heated arguments
>>from time to time, I don't think this is the place for it.
exactly. so why do you topple your emotional garbage over this list ?
and then, as justification you inculpate my person as the one
who initiated this stupid flaming discussion ?
your just absurd and you know it. think about it.
>>I don't know what
DP> you were expecting when you posted your first reply to the link, and then the
DP> reply to the counter of your reply, but if you were looking for a fight,
DP> please, take it elsewhere ("outside", as it were).
funny but your comments are useless for me,
you are grumbling around with your silly unproductive
statements.

DP> -David
DP> To the group: Sorry, I couldn't resist.
you better resist next time, it will keep this list more clean and
pure.

regards,
c.s.


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