Material - Spiritual interface

On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:42:07 -0700 (PDT), in alt.atheism
rbwinn <[Only registered users see links. ]> wrote in
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Do you reject all English words that were borrowed from other languages?
Clearly your posts show that the answer is no.

Stop acting stupid.

On Sep 16, 8:33�pm, Free Lunch <[Only registered users see links. ]> wrote:

People who speak English ordinarily do not use the Latin words that
lawyers and other pretentious people use to impress each other. Since
Latin is a dead language, those words are not going to come alive
just because lawyers use them.
Robert B. Winn

rbwinn wrote:

Huge swaths of our language is Latinate.

I would love to see you try to avoid using any of them...

--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
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"You know, I'd get it if people were just looking for a
way to fill the holes. But they want the holes. They wanna
live in the holes. And they go nuts when someone else
pours dirt in their holes.

"Climb out of your holes people!"

- Dr. House, on faith

On Sep 17, 6:36�am, "Mark K. Bilbo" <gm...@com.mkbilbo> wrote:

English is a corrupted language. There is no reason to try to make it
more corrupt.
Ropert B. Winn

"rbwinn" <[Only registered users see links. ]> wrote in message
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English is a corrupted language. There is no reason to try to make it
more corrupt.

"Corrupt" is a Latin import.
So is "language".

Qualem blennum!
Caput tuum in ano est ....

Supprime tuum stultiloquium atque abi.

On Sep 18, 4:47�am, "Alex W." <[Only registered users see links. ].uk> wrote:

There is more to communication than quoting words from dead
languages. Most people of today who do it are just trying to show
that they are more intelligent than people who do not know words from
dead languages. They are not really trying to communicate anything.
Robert B. Winn

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On Sep 18, 4:47?am, "Alex W." <[Only registered users see links. ].uk> wrote:

There is more to communication than quoting words from dead
languages. Most people of today who do it are just trying to show
that they are more intelligent than people who do not know words from
dead languages. They are not really trying to communicate anything.

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I wasn't quoting anyone.
I was trying to communicate my opinion of you ...

On Sep 18, 4:51�pm, "Alex W." <[Only registered users see links. ].uk> wrote:

Your opinion of me means nothing to me.
Robert B. Winn

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On Sep 18, 4:51?pm, "Alex W." <[Only registered users see links. ].uk> wrote:

Your opinion of me means nothing to me.

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Not surprising, since you don't speak Latin ....

rbwinn wrote:

You must have to say that a lot...

(It's not like anybody has a high opinion of you)

--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
------------------------------------------------------------
"You know, I'd get it if people were just looking for a
way to fill the holes. But they want the holes. They wanna
live in the holes. And they go nuts when someone else
pours dirt in their holes.

"Climb out of your holes people!"

- Dr. House, on faith