Rilke's Granddaughter
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Joined: Jan. 2005
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What's most amusing about Dave at the moment is the fact that he's struggling so badly making an argument: the accuracy of his original statement having been swiftly and thoroughly shown to be non-existent.
Let's consider: what would it take to show that Portuguese is a mixture of French and Spanish?
Option 1) A linguistic history of the language showing that it had developed from these two other tongues.
Unfortunately option 1 is eliminated because these languages did not exist when Portuguese developed.
Option 2) Show, by linguistic analysis, that Portuguese is comprised of an admixture of French and Spanish vocabulary; French and Spanish grammar; and French and Spanish pronunciation.
Unfortunately, option 2 is eliminated because Dave can't actually show those things.
Now Dave, we realize that you can continue to make yourself look like a fool by persisting in your inability to admit that your first statement was idiotically wrong; your second statement a cover-up AND idiotically wrong; and your continuing statements a cover-up, irrelevant, AND idiotically wrong.
Or you can demonstrate some intellectual credibility and Christian ethics by admitting that you were mistaken, that you lied, and that you're ignorant.
Feel free to start any time.
Remember - we are trying to help you. I know that arguments and discussion with adults can be trying and hard, but if you just persevere and do your homework, you'll be ready for it!
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