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To: AnAmericanMother; archy

I think Arthur C. Clarke once quipped (something to the effect of) "Dutch Afrikaans is the only known language which bruises listeners when spoken."

I always thought that was funny.


54 posted on 07/14/2005 8:30:56 PM PDT by bourbon (It's the target that decides whether terror wins.)
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To: bourbon
I think Arthur C. Clarke once quipped (something to the effect of) "Dutch Afrikaans is the only known language which bruises listeners when spoken."

Hoe sê jy dit in Afrikaans? Obviously, A.C.C. never had a Finnish girlfriend.

60 posted on 07/15/2005 9:46:18 AM PDT by archy (The darkness will come. It will find you,and it will scare you like you've never been scared before.)
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