Re: A language by any other name
Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org> immo vero scripsit
> On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Nick Phillips wrote:
> > [*] By definition, the English speak English. What the Americans speak is
> > different to what the English speak. Therefore the Americans don't speak
> > English.
>
> That would mean the Belgian would speak Belgian, right?
>
> I doubt it...
No, Belgian would not speak Belgian, but they are "Belgian"
and thus it can be "belgian", as it were.
regards,
junichi
--
dancer@debian.org http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer
Reply to: