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Topic ID: 92
Message ID: 8
#8, RE: Standard language?
Posted by Laudre on Sep-01-01 at 05:04 AM
In response to message #5
>... but is unfortunately hampered by the fact that no one on Earth
>(except you, apparently) is capable of taking it seriously.

Me and about 14 million others, depending on the count. Which is more than a number of national languages.

>(As opposed to
>French, which can make even the amazingly violent lyrics to La
>Marseillaise
sound like a come-on,

...No, not when you understand it. While I have a hard time being intimidated by French, even though I have a decent knowledge of the language, it's still possible to be scary just because the language lacks moderation.

> or Italian, in which everything
>sounds like you're singing about food.)

... I suppose. Italian actually sounds like a language of come-ons to me. Or critics. I'm not sure.

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