Guest guest Posted March 3, 2001 Report Share Posted March 3, 2001 Wim, thanks for this charmingly convoluted piece of linguistic research. What can I do but bow to your greater wisdom? Take care, Michael PS. Everybody knows that we lost that last soccer match only because the referee had a squint. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Wim Borsboom [aurasphere] Gesendet: Saturday, March 03, 2001 03:00 An: Betreff: Re: One day at the beach I think Michael that you are biased. Losing a soccer match :-( clouds your view. Of course it was Dutch not Deutch. You see those English speaking Yankees did not know the difference. That German fellow knew that Dutch was meant, that's why he voted against it ( I am just making this up as I go.) You know what I think, any minute now a Frenchman will come out of the woodworks and say that is was actually French, not Dutch, not Deutch, not even Spanish... even though that seems winning anyway. What about Irish? Here in Western Canada, Chinese is moving up strong, there is one city Richmond where all the store signs are in Chinese, it is like Hong Kong except that the buildings are still not so tall. Ah, language in any language is reason enough for fighting or... having fun.. the ball (soccer) is in your court now, Wim - <MikeSuesserott <> Friday, March 02, 2001 1:29 PM AW: One day at the beach > Hi Wim and Gloria, > > let me preface that I am very fond of the Dutch (except when they win > against us in soccer <g>). And I know they contributed greatly to the > shaping of the US. But not in this case. > > The language in question was German, not Dutch. However, even that old saw > about German missing to be the U.S. "official language" by one vote during > the 1790's is terribly garbled. The vote had to do with translating > documents into German at government expense and had nothing to do with > official language policy at all. It did miss by one vote in the house; the > Speaker of the House, a native German speaker, voted against it. > > There are many sources about the fascinating history of the English > language; here is one that also makes for entertaining reading: "The Mother > Tongue; English and How It Got That Way" by Bill Bryson, ISBN 0-888-07895-8. > > Best wishes, > > Michael Suesserott > > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > /join > > All paths go somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights, > perceptions, and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and subside > back into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not different than > the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the nature of Awareness. > Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. It is Home. Home is > where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the Finality of Eternal > Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of Self-Knowledge, spontaneously > arising from within into It Self. Welcome all to a. > > To from this list, go to the ONElist web site, at > www., and select the User Center link from the > menu bar > on the left. This menu will also let you change your > subscription > between digest and normal mode. > > > > > Your use of is subject to > > > > /join > > All paths go somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights, perceptions, and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and subside back into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not different than the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the nature of Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. It is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the Finality of Eternal Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within into It Self. Welcome all to a. > > To from this list, go to the ONElist web site, at > www., and select the User Center link from the menu bar > on the left. This menu will also let you change your subscription > between digest and normal mode. > > > > > Your use of is subject to > > > /join All paths go somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights, perceptions, and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and subside back into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not different than the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the nature of Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. It is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the Finality of Eternal Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within into It Self. Welcome all to a. To from this list, go to the ONElist web site, at www., and select the User Center link from the menu bar on the left. This menu will also let you change your subscription between digest and normal mode. Your use of is subject to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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