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UofUlawguy
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Soldiers prevent our country being taken over by evil foreigners who would force us to speak a different language. Duh.
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Altįriėl of Dorthonion
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Don't you "duh" me! I got that, its just that a soldier is not my first thought when it comes to language. Therefore, its not the word i would've used if I had written this...
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Icarus
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I think UofU was being facetious, not insulting you.

[Smile]
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Ah, now I understand why my mother told me never to use the word "Duh".
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Duh.
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I love Hatrack.
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Icarus
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"If you are reading it in Engrish, thank a soldier"
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"I love hatrack"

Duh.
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quote:
The idea is an old, paranoid one: that if we had ever been conquered by another nation, we would have been forced to adopt a different language.

I think it's pretty far-fetched, personally.
Strictly speaking not neccessarily true. After all, look at what the English did to a third of the world!! Of course then the English are, after all, the most------------------------ that ever walked the face of the earth. [Smile] anyhoo... The dominating culture will hold the greatest influence on the new molded one- language following to some degree. Though not always is the dominating culture the conquering one. Look at Greece+Rome.
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