Re: Let's argue about... English

Bill Penrose <penrose@xxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jul 30, 3:43 am, $Zero <zeroi...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Let's argue about... English

I think the votes are in. English has already shown itself to be too
complicated, too hard to pronounce, too arbitrary, and too ambiguous
to make it useful as a real method of communication. Besides, it has
too many words.

The chances of English eclipsing Esperanto as the international
language of mankind are laughable, at best

Dangerous Bill

Politicians and lawyers will never allow the English language to be
eclipsed because no other language so facilitates one's ability to lie
with a straight face and no fear of inescapable reprisal, appear to
promise things unpromised, defame a victim by the delivery of
flattery, or insult authority during a display of abject submission;
it is a scalpel of infinite length, an impenetrable shield, and a
baked potato with sour cream and chives. Kindly pass the butter.

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The sane answer to insanity is madness.
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