Re: REF: Pronounce Species Correctly

Walter  --  Bhm nmos ms an t-adh leis na liomsa; nml cailmn rza alainn
faighte agamsa fss. (He was luckier than I; it hasn't brought me a beautiful
redhead yet.)

But I can't resist relating a story of my own (I know, I know -- when could
I?).

The Germans have a reputation for stubbornness, but among the Germans, the
most stubborn are said to be the Schwabians.  Based on experience, I believe
it.   I dated a Schwabian girl in Istanbul (yes, we're back there again) for
a while.  Heading for Mass on a Sunday morning, we had blundered into the
courtyard of the Soviet consulate  --  and hustled back out!  --  and
arrived at the church, the courtyard of which looked very similar.  I was
reading the Mass schedule, which was posted in Latin.  The girl said, "Ich
wuesste nicht dass du Franzoezisch kannst!"  (I didn't know that you can
speak French.) "Oh, I can't," I replied, smiling, "it's in Latin."  "No,"
she said, "it is French."  Nonplussed, I asked, "Do you have French?"  "No,"
she replied.  "Do you have Latin?", I asked.  "No."  "Well, then," I asked,
"why do you think it is French?"  "I know," she replied.  And that was the
end of that.  --  Griff


----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Pickett" <waltseed2@yahoo.com>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 6:13 PM
Subject: RE: [iris] REF: Pronounce Species Correctly


> I am reminded of an essay by Dr. Isac Asomov. He was a famous science
fiction writer, science essayist, and co-wrote a biochemistry textbook for
medical students, which is still in use.
> In regard to chemical names, he said pronounce every letter.  Everyone
will know what you mean, though everyone will think you said it wrong.
> This was in his essay, You too can speak the original Gaelic.
> The name of the essay is from a time he was practicing saying chemical
names, and a beautiful redhead thaough he was speaking in the old Iris
language.  I wasn't there.  That story might have been some of his fiction.
> Walter
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