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From: Tony Raven on 19 Aug 2006 16:22 Paul {Hamilton Rooney} wrote on 19/08/2006 21:03 +0100: > On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 20:05:20 +0100, Tony Raven <junk(a)raven-family.com> > wrote: > >> Brimstone wrote on 19/08/2006 19:53 +0100: >>>> It has to be more than just usage otherwise writing "guvf vf n ybnq bs >>>> yvathvfgvp gbfu" would be considered perfectly acceptable English. >>> For which I, and others I expect, would need a translation. >>> >> No translation needed. According to Paul's usage criterion, since I am >> English and used it, it is English. > > Hmmmm. look up 'usage'. > And you nationality isn't relevant. > "The action of using something; the fact of being used; use, employment" -- Tony "Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory." - Leonardo da Vinci
From: davek on 19 Aug 2006 16:23 Alex Heney wrote: > Perhaps you should read the post Perhaps I should go out and do something more interesting instead... d.
From: Tony Raven on 19 Aug 2006 16:25 Ivor Jones wrote on 19/08/2006 21:09 +0100: > > I am not a European. > Are, are, are! ;-) Anyway, what do you have against being European? -- Tony "Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory." - Leonardo da Vinci
From: Ivor Jones on 19 Aug 2006 16:26 "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:l4WdnbxuiOnL73rZRVnyig(a)bt.com > Ivor Jones wrote: > > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:He6dnWUtrqQf-3rZRVnyig(a)bt.com > > > "Ivor Jones" <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote in message > > > news:4kp6lrFda5s5U1(a)individual.net... > > > > [snip] > > > > > So you know better than the Oxford English Dictionary? > > > > I don't live my life defined by a dictionary. > > So that's another "yes" then. No. > > > > > 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? > > > > It's a "not relevant" > > But the question is very relevant. Not to whether I'm a European or not it isn't. Ivor
From: Ivor Jones on 19 Aug 2006 16:26
"Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Z8KdnVJmT5pl73rZRVnysg(a)bt.com > Ivor Jones wrote: > > "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:Xns9824D29EE13ABadrianachapmanfreeis(a)204.153.244.170 > > > 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. > > > > I'm not talking about Africa or Asia. > > So you do recognise the term "American"? I'm not talking about America either. Ivor |