Al salaam a'alaykum Joe

23 Jul 03 10:28, Joe Nicholson wrote to Roy J. Tellason:

 JN>  They don't want their language corrupted/bastardized by the
 JN>  inclusion of foreign words.  It's nothing new; they've been
 JN>  banning words for decades.  It's too bad England and the U.S.
 JN>  didn't do the same with french words hundreds of years ago.

You wouldn't have any language at all if it weren't for the
French/German/Latin/etc roots.

 JN>  School kids would not have to remember how to spell such
 JN>  words as reservoir or boulevard, maneuver or oubliette.

Yep, all they'd have to spell would be "uuuggghh".

Regards,
David

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