Loren Schooley paused, thought it over, and spoke thusly: > > >> Don't worry about the French language, Ron. The fact is, French is >> the main language of philosophy, precisely because of its richness, >> and multitude of words. It is far more diverse, having many more >> specific words for specific concepts, than either English, Spanish, >> Italian, or German. > >They don't have some words, such as "Ladies Shaver" "Dump Germany" >"Fidelity" "Bathe" "Thanks for your help" "Go Lance" or "Let's disinfect >Paris". we borrowed fidelity from the latin, and the french (fidelité) had it first. Lafayette should have stayed out of it, and we could still be British subjects, or perhaps german... ~flipper