we're back

[ramtops]

and it was *wonderful*. More details later.

I'll leave you with a thought heard on the Home Service on Thursday:

"A language is just a dialect with an army"

Comments

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

I think the full quote is "...with an army and a navy." And it's brilliant, and perfectly accurate, too. Apparently, it derives from the linguistics of Yiddish (http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Linguistics/armynavy.html).

[timill]

Basque?