Re: Usher's insult to women inside Re: The theory of Mr. Carrasquer

From: Andrew Usher (k_over_hbarc_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 11/02/04 

Date: 1 Nov 2004 21:35:16 -0800

"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:<4184DE24.7219@worldnet.att.net>...

> > > "Grammaticalization and postpositions are really the same thing." That's
> > > a lie.
> > >
> > > As if cooking and a sack of flour were the same thing.
> >
> > I am not responding further to this garbage. You know exactly what I
> > meant and are choosing to ignore it.
>
> I have no idea what you meant. If you're going to throw around technical
> terms, you should know what they mean and use them accordingly.

Alright, I will explain it slowly. The context was the origin of
word-final inflections. I state that origin by grammaticalisation and
origin by postposition are the same process in that case.

It is quite normal in English to use such sentences as I did without
explaining their context. Since you are a nnative speaker of English,
I assume you understood.

> > Stop arguing like a woman, Peter!
>
> What the hell is that supposed to mean?

I think you know.

Andrew Usher

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