Re: What did the first talking monkey's mom look like?

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:21:04 -0700, Bob Casanova <nospam@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:04:05 -0800 (PST), the following
appeared in talk.origins, posted by backspace
<stephanusr@xxxxxxxxx>:

What did the first talking monkey's mom look like?

There was no "first" in the sense (actually, lack of sense)
you mean. What language was spoken by the mother of the
first French speaker?

Gaulish, Frankish, and of course, vulgar Latin.
In various stages of evolution.

;)

.

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