Re: Essentialist Explanations
| From: | Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, May 2, 2002, 7:57 |
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--- Danny Wier wrote:
> Swiss German is essentially High German spoken when really high.
I would say:
Swiss German is essentially High German spoken by someone who is in great
pain.
Did I already mention this one:
Basic English is essentially the most successful auxlang ever created,
since at least half of the world's population speaks it without even
knowing.
Jan
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"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought,
wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that
happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great
comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." --- J.
Michael Straczynski
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