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29 Jul 2024 08:23:57 EDT (-0400)
  Re: A puzzling exchange  
From: Jim Henderson
Date: 21 Jul 2012 15:33:00
Message: <500b03ec$1@news.povray.org>
On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 11:30:08 -0500, John VanSickle wrote:

> On 7/14/2012 12:32 AM, Tim Cook wrote:
>> On 2012-07-13 21:51, nemesis wrote:
>>> what I really can't understand is what the heck is the ç doing in an
>>> english word...
>>
>> Façade isn't an English word. Nor are plaza, sushi, kangaroo, robot, or
>> loot.
> 
> They are now.

I heard it said that English is a language that followed other languages 
down a dark alley, mugged them, stole their bag and everything in their 
pockets.

I suppose the same could be said of many languages, though.

Jim


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