Re: [tied] Ah, look at all the lonely languages

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "m_iacomi" <m_iacomi@...> wrote:

> In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Gerry" wrote:
>
> > > > When has Latin ever had "native" speakers?
> > >
> > > Before turning into (Proto-)Romance languages.
> >
> > Wasn't that "after" the Romance languages turned into PIE?
>
> I didn't intended my phrase as a joke.
>
> Marius Iacomi

Neither did I intend to go for the laugh. should I have inquired
whether it happened "before"? This must be an inside joke. I don't
get it.

Gerry