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- From: lukoff@carson.u.washington.edu (Fred Lukoff)
- Subject: Re: Frosh (was Re: Sexist language (was...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.032216.23125@u.washington.edu>
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- References: <1992Dec18.233553.1@indyvax.iupui.edu> <BzJpFu.AG5@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> <38032@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 03:22:16 GMT
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- In article <38032@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu> djohns@elm.circa.ufl.edu (David A. Johns) writes:
- >In article <BzJpFu.AG5@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> mmmirash@banshee.ecn.uoknor.edu (Mandar M. Mirashi) writes:
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- ># However, no one has been able to put together an effective argument
- ># that challenges the superiority of English English. I think the
- ># reason behind this is that IT'S A FACT. *No one* can dispute that
- ># English spread from England to other lands.
- >
- >How do you say "non sequitur" in English?
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- >David
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- Hasn't Mandar been through this before? Sure, English spread from England
- to other lands. Does that mean the original is superior? Certainly not! I
- hold that no language is SUPERIOR to any other. Furthermore by saying the
- original is superior to the 'copy' (although American English is a further
- DEVELOPMENT of English) would also mean that the Everly Brothers' version
- of "Bye Bye Love" is superior to Simon and Garfunkels, which is simply untrue.
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