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   From: walker@btinternet.com   
      
   "Sober Scotsman"  wrote in message   
   news:op.tmog6lun26m2qc@62-30-181-114.cable.ubr06.edin.blueyonder.co.uk...   
   > 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.   
   Ogwr just means Bogman in Cumbric,   
      
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