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From: elna@netcom.com (Esperanto League N America)
Subject: Re: Rubbish Speak (was Bigotry)
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Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 01:36:31 GMT
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Peter Hullah <Peter.Hullah@eurocontrol.fr> writes in a recent posting (reference <31285E86.5403@eurocontrol.fr>):
>
>I have renamed this thread as the word "bigot" does not apply as it implies
>intolerence. Nothing in my previous post suggested intolerence, as it wouldn't,
>since I am not intolerant towards Esperanto. I think it a very cute hobby for
>people with too much time on their hands. I do, on the other hand, think that
>if you spent a little less time on trying to learn rubbish-speak, you'd have
>more time to learn the meanings of the English words you use.
>
As a long-time fan of self-referential humour (this sentence is written in
French) I was quite amused at this paragraph!  Bravo!!!


>Pete
>
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