At 14:35 -0600 09/05/03, Sam Hotchkiss wrote: >On 9/5/03 2:27 PM, "Loren Schooley" <loren at flash.net> wrote: > >>>> >>>> French has more words than English? Since when? >>> >>> The post didn't say more words. It referred to more specific words for >>> specific concepts. >>> >>> That is important in having fewer ambiguities and misunderstandings and >>> downright deception in the use of the language. >>> -- >> >> Yeah but we have better cuss words to cover those ambiguous occasions. > >Damn straight "It's like wiping your ass with silk." Obviously some people haven't seen the new Matrix movie. erik g Who can swear in at least 5 languages. p.s. English according to the "Story of English" PBS/BBC docuemntary has around half a million non technical terms and a half-a-million tech terms. So, you can be more exact in English for concrete things and more exact in Français for abstract concepts.