From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 58584
Date: 2008-05-18
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From: "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] For MKelkar, Kishore and all those other anti-linguists
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
> >
> > ***
> >
> > Patrick:
> >
> > Because of Alsace and Lorraine, and the loss of 1870, the French were
> > willing to participate in a plot to destroy Germany as England's
> > commercial rival and competitor in Africa.
> >
> > ***
>
> I suppose all beloved moderators will kindly remind us that this is not
> exactly the place for this kind of discussion.
> But I suppose the European countries have been competing against one
> another
> for a very long time.
> And so do their languages, to put the whole thing back on linguistic
> tracks.
> You must have noticed that English won against everybody by KO.
>
> As regards your statement above,
> I don't understand it,
> I can hardly imagine the plot of destroying Germany (seems impossible)
> and being allied with our most loved enemy (sounds odd).
>
> Arnaud
> ============
>
> ***
> >
> > Patrick:
> >
> > What are the "deeper" causes for the French people mobilizing behind a
> > Corsican for power and pillage?
> >
> > ***
>
> Freedom,
> The right for people to choose their own future
> without being the property of royal families.
> Things that are the present of Europe,
>
> Arnaud
>
> ==============
***
Patrick:
The enemy of my enemy is my friend (temporarily).
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