On 20/09/05, Giuseppe DAngelo <pippudoz(a)yahoo.it> wrote:
English a germanic language? Impossible! An absurd
notion! Lunacy! Exaggeration! Unadulterated opinionated insanity! Essentially
misdirected ill conceived viewpoints. Troublesome tempestuous tapestries. As tasteless as
a tarty tarantella. Significantly senseless. Quintessentially unquotable. Positively
preposterous. Necessarily nonplussed and nominally abnormal. Exponentially and exceedingly
uneventful. Undeveloped, uncorroborated, irresponsible, and finally, bountifully morally
bankrupt. I opine that I have proven my point.
Yours truly, frankly, ecetera
Of course, if English truly were a Germanic language, it would look like this:
http://www.grijalvo.com/Citas/Peculiar_English.htm
(the second part is pretty neat, too, and a lot less well-known)
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- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk