Latin and Slavonic for `moon'

X99Lynx at aol.com X99Lynx at aol.com
Thu May 20 06:13:07 UTC 1999


In a message dated 5/18/99 1:01:22 PM, JoatSimeon at aol.com wrote:

<<Humans communicate the way horses run and tigers stalk.  It's what we do.>>

I think if you look back at our past exchanges you will find clear proof of
how wrong you are.

<<Middle English is not one iota more "effective" at communication than Old
English. >>

First of all, how the heck do you know that?  Secondly, how do you know that
by the time the changes happened, Old English had not become ineffective.
Cf. Crystal on possible causes of inflection in English.

Regards,
Steve Long



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