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- From: gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener)
- Subject: Re: Sexist hypocrites
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.034956.22578@news.columbia.edu>
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- Reply-To: gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener)
- Organization: Columbia University
- References: <92363.204204HERSCH@auvm.american.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 03:49:56 GMT
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- In article <92363.204204HERSCH@auvm.american.edu> <HERSCH@auvm.american.edu> writes:
- >In article <1992Dec28.232023.17000@news.columbia.edu>,
- >gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener) says:
- >>
- >>
- >>The PC folks (or perhaps we should call them the logically challenged) cannot
- >>grasp a concept that speakers of almost every other romance language grasp
- >>with ease and without problem.
- >>
- >
- >Hm. Maybe this is the source of all the problems I have with some of
- >the things that you say, Gabe. Apparently you're under some weird
- >misapprehension that English is a Romance language!
-
- No, I'm under no such misapprehension. I am aware, however, that English
- borrows a good deal from many Romance languages.
-
- >Maybe all the
- >misunderstandings, prejudices, and misjudgments
-
- i.e. things you disagree with
-
- > spring from this!
-
- Well, you're entitled to your opinion, just as I'm entitled to mine.
-
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- Gabe Wiener - Columbia Univ. "This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings
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