Re: dialects vs separate languages (was: The most Latin of Romance languages?)

From: Harlan Messinger (h.messinger_at_comcast.net)
Date: 08/19/04 

Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:45:33 -0400

"Jason K. Lambrou" <JJroom203@Bradmoor.com> wrote in message
news:4124BA6F.4C8758C3@Bradmoor.com...
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> Harlan Messinger wrote: I can't use my real slavic name, so I borrowed a
> german one, and I went to college, and an expert on Greek history

Yeah, inventing paranoid nonsense about the people you're talking to based
on zero information really gives the everybody impression that you know what
you're talking about on substantive matters. Good job.

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