From: ed@somewhere.in.the.uk   
      
   oldernow wrote:   
   > On 2025-04-11, Ed Cryer  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.   
   >   
   > Oh, the hilarity of carping with language against carping   
   > against language!   
   >   
      
   Be thankful for language.   
   Without it you couldn't talk to other people about how nothing makes   
   sense.  (:-   
      
   BTW, I find comparative linguistics just as interesting as delving into   
   the roots of human reason. Chess, crosswords, philosophy, literature and   
   language; they give life a purpose if you can't accept any externally   
   given one.   
      
   Ed   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)