Re: I wonder what the "Science" is in this Newsgroup

From: Prai Jei (pvstownsend_at_zyx-abc.fsnet.co.uk)
Date: 08/30/04


Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:14:59 +0100

Mike (or somebody else of the same name) wrote thusly in message
<b65bc13f.0408300836.563afdfa@posting.google.com>:

> Dear Readers,
>
> Where's the science here? I see personal opinion, conjecture and
> emotionally based arguments. There's even a bit of slander.

But that *is* science :)

> How many contributors who have posted on this newsgroup are seriously
> interested in a search for knowledge and language, how it is used,
> what differences there are in languages conceptually, structurally and
> more?
>
> Mike

Me for a start

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Paul Townsend
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