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From: ddg@cci.com (D. Dale Gulledge)
Subject: Re: Concerning the number of esperantists
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In article <32130157.3939745@news.nando.net> dgary@nando.net (D Gary Grady) writes:

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   rcmolden@students.wisc.edu (Robert Moldenhauer) wrote:

   >Are you saying that Esperanto is better than Klingon?  In what way?

   For one thing, speaking Esperanto doesn't make you sound like you're
   suffering from terminal constipation...

I believe that you have misunderstood a subtle, but enormously important
distinction in tone.  That sound is a barely suppressed desire to inflict
bodily harm upon some twit nearby.  This makes Klingon the ideal language for
spouses wishing to discuss a car salesman *before* he leaves the room.

- Dale
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