Re: does this say what I think it says?

"t(nospam)kavanagh" <"tkavanag"@(nospam)indiana.edu> says in
news:dc082v$oea$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> Philip Deitiker wrote:
>>
>> "t(nospam)kavanagh" <"tkavanag"@(nospam)indiana.edu> says in
>> news:dbubpp$10s$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>>
>> > Philip Deitiker wrote:
>> >>
>> >> "t(nospam)kavanagh" <"tkavanag"@(nospam)indiana.edu> says in
>> >> news:dbtnhj$qtj$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>> >>
>> >> > Philip Deitiker wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "t(nospam)kavanagh" <"tkavanag"@(nospam)indiana.edu> says
>> >> >> in news:dbs0au$a8q$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > Eric Stevens wrote:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 09:00:40 -0500, "t(nospam)kavanagh"
>> >> >> >> <"tkavanag"@(nospam)indiana.edu> wrote:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >stevewhittet wrote:
>> >> >> >> ><snip>
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >No
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> Can you be **absolutely** certain?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Absotively posalute.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Tell me that you read and understood that whole passage.
>> >> >
>> >> > Of course I did read it and understood every word in that
>> >> > passage. He asked if I was "**absolutely**" certain, and I
>> >> > replied "Absotively posalute."
>> >> >
>> >> > Did you?
>> >>
>> >> hell no, I put a translator on it and it tranlated it in 4
>> >> langauges and none of it made a damn bit of sense.
>> >
>> > Why would you need a comp-translator for a sentence that's in
>> > English?
>>
>> You know I was talking about. The freaking Higini Figini crap.
>
> I never know you were talking about.

We got an anthropologist/historian, several archaeologist, several
rank and file historians, claimant experts on latin and the roman
catholic church. No one has yet proved they have an accurate
translation. Last I recall the unofficial language of this news group
is English, and Latin is only the official langauge of a church and
on small region of downtown rome. [Rant, Rant]

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