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- From: gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener)
- Subject: Re: Frosh (was Re: Sexist language (was...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.051325.26639@news.columbia.edu>
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- In article <BzqsMF.Jnv@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> mmmirash@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Mandar M. Mirashi) writes:
- >
- >we need a standard to resolve interdialect conflicts.
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- What the hell is an "interdialect conflict" anyway? I've never heard of
- such a thing. One dialect says X, another says Y. Big deal.
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- >Because it is spoken in England - the mother country of English.
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- Nope. Germany, France, Italy, and the Northern countries are the mother
- countries of English.
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