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From: Brimstone on 19 Aug 2006 15:09 "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:Xns9824CC8CF6B6Eadrianachapmanfreeis(a)204.153.244.170... > PC Paul (urd(a)munge.org.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were > saying : > >> Look, poor Ivor has said he gives up lots of times, why not just let him! > > I'm not *forcing* him to reply... are you? Just as no one is forcing him to read chicken language.
From: Ivor Jones on 19 Aug 2006 15:21 "Tony Raven" <junk(a)raven-family.com> wrote in message news:4kp56sFd3p9vU1(a)individual.net > Ivor Jones wrote on 19/08/2006 18:44 +0100: > > > > I'm still not a European either. > > > > OED: European n. > > B. 1. A native of Europe. > > Ergo you are a European and saying otherwise will not > change the fact. I'm not a native of Europe, there is no such country. I can only be a native of a country, not a continent. > You still haven't said whether you recognise the terms > American, Asian, African or Australian. That's not relevant. Ivor
From: Brimstone on 19 Aug 2006 15:29 "Ivor Jones" <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote in message news:4kp6lrFda5s5U1(a)individual.net... > "Tony Raven" <junk(a)raven-family.com> wrote in message > news:4kp56sFd3p9vU1(a)individual.net >> Ivor Jones wrote on 19/08/2006 18:44 +0100: >> > >> > I'm still not a European either. >> > >> >> OED: European n. >> >> B. 1. A native of Europe. >> >> Ergo you are a European and saying otherwise will not >> change the fact. > > I'm not a native of Europe, there is no such country. I can only be a > native of a country, not a continent. So you know better than the Oxford English Dictionary? >> You still haven't said whether you recognise the terms >> American, Asian, African or Australian. > > That's not relevant. So that's a "yes" then is it?
From: Chris Slade on 19 Aug 2006 15:34 Ivor Jones wrote: > I'm not a native of Europe, there is no such country. I can only be a > native of a country, not a continent. There's your problem. You simply don't understand simple English. You can be a native of much more than just a country. See e.g. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/native >> You still haven't said whether you recognise the terms >> American, Asian, African or Australian. > > That's not relevant. It might show if you were consistently wrong. I can understand why you might not want to admit that though. -- Chris
From: Adrian on 19 Aug 2006 15:42
Ivor Jones (ivor(a)despammed.invalid) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying : >> You still haven't said whether you recognise the terms >> American, Asian, African or Australian. > That's not relevant. It certainly is - because by your logic, there's no such thing as an Asian or African, because there's no country called Asia or Africa. |