Re: How close is Vietnamese to Mandarin or Cantonese?

From: "David Wright Sr." <dwrightsr@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 14:57:15 +0000 (UTC)

"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:428DF3C4.6F3D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

(snip)

> In nearly 2000 years of the English language, a certain sequence was
> never "instantiated," and you think that's a coincidence?
>

Is this possible confirmation that Christ really did speak English as my
grandmother believed?

--
David Wright Sr.
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forgot to start again?
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