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Old 03-01-2009, 11:22 PM   #15
monster
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Originally Posted by ferret88 View Post
Y'all are missing the point.

The map is not a map of language relationships. It is a map of what idiom is used by speakers of one language when referring to incomprehensible language.
who's missing the point? seems to me everyone so far understood that.... some chose to take the piss and/or play the race card.... but what's new?

btw zengum, I already covered the English > Dutch, although in hindsight, I should have suggested two arrows.....
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