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> news:a766a589.0401312346.4ec5e67f@posting.google.com...
>> Do you believe that the languages one speaks are genetically
>> determined?
>>
>> Mitchell Coffey
> No, but it's a great chat-up line for girls who want their kids to know
> English.
> That was a joke, BTW.
> The fact that each person can learn the language of another tribe without an
> accent if they only get to it at an early enough age and without any
> linguistic intereference from other languages goes to show that the
> languages of the world are equal, and did not evolve. had they evolved, they
> would have gone at different rates.
Sorry, that little bit of sophistry just went right under
my head. Care to fill in the blanks?
rich
> So, how did they get here?
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