Re: [tied] Re: Language - Area - Routes

From: Mark Odegard
Message: 5859
Date: 2001-01-30

>I just remain unconvinced that 'River People' is the correct etymology of
>the Danes (I don't claim that I know the right one). Honest to God, I never
>said nothing about nobody having no ships.
>
>Piotr\

I remain unconvinced too, but Piotr saying how he never said nothing about
nobody having no ships ... ohhh that's so lowly poetical, and quitely
nearly, as literarily close to a double negative without being a double
negative as I've seen anyone do.

>tgpedersen@...

>I was afraid my remarks might be appreciated as the vindictive remarks of a
>offended Danocentric. Which of course they were, too.

Pissed off comments by Scandocentrics are rather rare in English, to the
point you make up jokes about the drunk Norwegian in the ditch to cover the
silence with a cute comment.


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