From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ivan Andrus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs learning curve Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:38:22 +0200 Message-ID: References: <4C3B6A8A.80105@gmx.de> <87wrt0e81n.fsf@telefonica.net> <62E9699C07054418AB66F9C5FCB54E5C@us.oracle.com> <87sk3oe3la.fsf@telefonica.net> <1154D96E7D2F401D849266F359E44BB9@us.oracle.com> <87ocecdzou.fsf@telefonica.net> <2256C17F740A425884AD551DE7758056@us.oracle.com> <87fwzodqqm.fsf@telefonica.net> <5138CDF30B2D4B778F948015614DA7BC@us.oracle.com> <87iq4ijtdy.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <270AD461F0F14E549F82D88785A23A0A@us.oracle.com> <675D80AD8CAA4D2ABF38193770343D9F@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1279953516 10142 80.91.229.12 (24 Jul 2010 06:38:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 06:38:36 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 24 08:38:35 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OcYNX-0008QQ-ES for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:38:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44654 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OcYNW-0003H8-Qp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:38:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=33477 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OcYNO-0003H3-T5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:38:28 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OcYNN-0000zJ-Tf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:38:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-fx0-f41.google.com ([209.85.161.41]:60487) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OcYNN-0000yx-PX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:38:25 -0400 Original-Received: by fxm20 with SMTP id 20so5963974fxm.0 for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:38:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:content-type:mime-version :subject:from:in-reply-to:date:content-transfer-encoding:message-id :references:to:x-mailer; bh=+RhNPp9vXJpB6Fm8AhnGClrBt0UCsmj8Lh+NOv7t5Jo=; b=riDfk6+Vs4vBNt/6m5/i5W3eP0FEI7WIGBAvE7JU6snHA0za/Wm5q54VMc37C6c5dy ML5lmuS9UoY/GyeF2fvU2kQXeGbTuJNRgL7yRPRk1HxIieLPZKj4m4NHTfUiFRW8ixF0 H/MgvXEgJRdmDaQuzsbfgp5jPo/WJkRuh+6bg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; b=YkUH7kgMXJNn78MMZ8Fil4SJ1T3epiuPgsV3ps5Ee1Si2UesET2yX40rYj2mqt0D7Z rz+J3PJRWZg83fyRG6+xIPqnsCJ0m7dxhQvx9MihKX/xjfqI3YAmNlDX2iTUfUydBgz6 U2Hm1oEi8HsJdi0AFbXtnp7tzQvAM24Sg7i0A= Original-Received: by 10.223.112.10 with SMTP id u10mr4091601fap.50.1279953504210; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:38:24 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from [192.168.1.104] (catv-89-134-157-224.catv.broadband.hu [89.134.157.224]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k15sm392106fai.40.2010.07.23.23.38.23 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:38:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <675D80AD8CAA4D2ABF38193770343D9F@us.oracle.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:127737 Archived-At: On Jul 23, 2010, at 8:50 PM, Drew Adams wrote: > Like sluts everywhere, English is not picky about what it picks up. = French is > picky (or it would like to be). In English you can verb any noun. = And the > multitude of secondary English speakers represent a wealth of language > invention. We say that English has "borrowed" here and there, but = it's not > really borrowing. ;-) English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, hits them over the head and goes through their pockets for loose vocabulary. -Ivan=