From: ed@somewhere.in.the.uk   
      
   oldernow wrote:   
   > ;-)   
   >   
      
   Here's something to test your constant carping against language.   
   Solipsism is derived from Latin "solus ipse" (himself alone).   
   Latin fathered (or mothered) our modern Romance languages; and was   
   itself part of a previous family of Indo-European languages which had   
   their own roots in previous human history.   
   English is Germanic in origin, rather than Roman-based; but so many   
   Latin and Greek words have been imported (often via French) by writers   
   and thinkers that it looks more Romance than Germanic nowadays,   
   especially in the more cultivated and higher areas of use.   
      
   The evolution of language.   
      
   Ed   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)