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   On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:33:14 -0000, Walker  wrote:   
      
   >   
   > "Custos Custodum"  wrote in message   
   > news:hkvbr2l0g3tm9klspjfo5vihk5if6smbjl@4ax.com...   
      
   >> What proliferation? (I assume that's what you meant). If you are   
   >> talking about 'progressive' tenses (I believe linguists call them   
   >> 'aspects' nowadays) then yes, it is possible, even probable, that they   
   >> are due to Celtic influence, as English is unique among the Germanic   
   >> languages in possessing such a feature.   
      
   > This response (antwort) negates your claim that English grammar and   
   > vocabulary is similar to that of German. What absolute rubbish you write!   
      
   Ah think ken ah ken whaur yer gaun wi this:   
      
   "Aha! You admit that there are differences, and everyone *knows* that   
   similar things are no different from each other. In fact, 'similar' means   
   'identical', doesn't it. So by admitting that some differences exist,   
   you're saying that they're completely unrelated. But it's OK for me to say   
   that English is similar to Cumbric because I wrote the Cumbric language   
   and in my dictionary the English word "similar" derives from the Cumbric   
   term "Pen-y-bont an Ogwr" which means complete and utter b****cks."   
      
   Ye're an eloquent sod, Walker.   
      
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