 | | Re: Language slipping? —James Simpson
| | | | (...) Most of the words in English that refer to "basic" things or actions have a French counter part; the English words are generally considered the baser, informal, or perhaps "lower-class" of the two, while the the French words for the same thing (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Language slipping? —Dave Schuler
| | | | | | (...) When I read this in italicized, quoted form, it looked like you were discussing the "Sword" as in "pointy metal stick." I confess I had difficulty following your post until I got my brains unscrambled. Dave! (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Language slipping? —Ian Warfield
| | | | | (...) Try "centimes" - a centime is 1/100th of a franc. (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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