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<font size=3>At 05:07 PM 2/25/2001 -0500, Bethany Dumas wrote:<br>
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Almost every linguist I know who does research on English <knows>
or <asumes><br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>that English is a creole. I am mystified by
your comment.<br>
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Not this one., and I can think of quite a few who would side with
me.<br>
<br>
Sali.<br>
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