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From: jouni@ling.gu.se (Jouni Maho)
Subject: Re: French does not exist
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In article <37vnap$s1f@tardis.trl.OZ.AU>, jbm@newsserver.trl.oz.au (Jacques
Guy) wrote:
> Aaarrggh! French does not exist. It is 1267 different languages:
> And next week: English does not exist!
> Stay tuned.


Great stuff! And being on the subject of French, the best characterization
of that language... sorry, those languages is by a guy (not Guy) called
Beard (I don't remember the exact reference though), and it goes something
like...

(said to a Frenchman) ... you're just badly mispronouncing middle-class
provincial Latin.

With regards,
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