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From: heatherrendall at tiscali.co.uk <heatherrendall at tiscali.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Language learning" 2008.04.19 (08) [E]

Oh dear! I'm not going to live that one down, am I!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a  most perturbed Reinhard/Ron wrote:

I beg your pardon?  because I had written
> But in fact English has three as has its parent language German

Of course what I meant was .." its parent Germanic language of  Saxon and
other allied north Germanic languages inc Frisian "

from Heather
who can hardly speak for a mouth stuffed full of humble pie!

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From: Mike Morgan <mwmosaka at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language learning" 2008.04.19 (08) [E]

Heather asked:
> And who would want the future developement of their language to be based
on
> laziness?

well, if that was a call for a vote, then I see nothing wrong with
letting laziness be the basis for language develop(e)ment. After all,
everything ELSE seems to be an acceptable reason. ;-)

MWM || マイク || Мика || माईक  || માઈક || ਮਾਈਕ
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Dr Michael W Morgan
Managing Director
Ishara Foundation
Mumbai (Bombay), India
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माईकल मोर्गन (पी.एच.डी.)
मेनेजिंग डॉयरेक्टर
ईशारा फॉउंडेशन (मुंबई )
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茂流岸マイク(言語学博士)
イシャラ基金の専務理事・事務局長
ムンバイ(ボンベイ)、インド
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