Re: Language superiority, improvement, etc.
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, October 14, 1998, 15:54 |
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Raymond A. Brown wrote:
> Swiss knives are not born & IMHO are irrelevant to this argument.
"Swiss army knife" is a metaphorical term for "something with
multiple uses, often surprising".
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John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org
You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn.
You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn.
Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)