Klarinet Archive - Posting 001040.txt from 2003/04

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Gran Partita or Gran Partitta
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:46:16 -0400

It's an interesting discussion, but I'm going to take the position that
it's off topic and won't pose further questions one it. But I did not
want to close it out having you think that your rejoinder was
unchallengeable.

Dan

Wendy wrote:
> This is not true. Several languages follow some strict grammatical rules
> with little to no exception. That's what makes English such a difficult
> language to learn. It's all exception. There are very few rules that
> actually hold true universally in English. Many other languages are much
> more predictable. For example, in Spanish, things sound just like they
> look. You can spell anything in Spanish as long as you can pronounce it
> correctly. The rules of pronunciation are very stringent.
>
> <sigh>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Leeson [mailto:leeson0@-----.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 2:47 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Gran Partita or Gran Partitta
>
> And I add that there is probably no language in the world where one can
> assert that a particular gramatical rule ALWAYS happens within that
> language. There are invariably exceptions (as Tony has pointed out).
>
> Dan
>
> Tony Pay wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 08:50:05 -0500, bosma@-----.net said:
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>>>Italian words always end in a vowel. Always.
>>
>>
>>Non lo credo. (Per esempio:-)
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>>
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>>>Unless they come from another language originally.
>>
>>
>>I suppose almost every word in a modern language comes from another
>>language, 'originally'.
>>
>>Tony
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