Re: [tied] PIE word for "people"

On Ned, rujan 25, 2005 11:49 am, Sergejus Tarasovas reče:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Mate Kapović <mkapovic@...> wrote:
>
>> "Oh I used the word 'whence', I'm soooo clever"
>> Why don't you work on your manners? No wonder everybody hates
> Americans
>> when there are people like you (no offence to the other, normal
> Americans
>> on the list)...
>
>
> I understand what provoked your indignation, but this looks like the
> start of an unnecessary and unpleasant flame. Let's keep the party
> clean.

OK, sorry, I overreacted. But this isn't the first time that some
Anglophones act like it's the sacred duty of all people to speak English
perfectly. I think that the pleasure of communicating in your mother
tongue with everybody should be quite enough.
Again, my apologies to the people from the States...

Mate