Re: [ANNOUNCE] Senora: a replacement for sqlplus

"Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr20002_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:DS0la.10794$1s1.171363_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
>
> "Karsten Farrell" <kfarrell_at_belgariad.com> wrote in message
> [snip]
> >Just wonder if anyone has counted the number of
> > borrowed words (from other languages) in the English language.
> > --
> > /Karsten
>
> You need to get hold of a book called 'Mother Tongue', written by Bill
> Bryson, who is a very fun man, with a beard (not that the two facts are
> necessary related in any way).
>
> A comprehensive assessment of what's been pinched from what language to
make
> the majestic structure that is English.
>
> I believe from memory about half of all English words have been filched
from
> somewhere else.
>
> My personal favourites are Juggernaut and Pyjamas (from Hindi).
>
> Regards
> HJR
>

Here in blighty, it's getting late and this pom is still hungry.

I'll visit a cafe, or maybe even a restaurant for breakfast in the a.m. If tempus fugit too pdq I'll just get a croissant from McDonald's.

For the time being, just pour me a cup of char, please.

Never mind: Que sera sera; in a few months I'll be off to the Oktoberfest.

Halas.
Paul Received on Wed Apr 09 2003 - 18:46:23 CDT