From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-08-31T08:28:04+09:00
Subject: Re: I think that French verb conjugation is as simple as, if not simpler than, that of English (no kidding!) - see www.sixpourcent.com

Jeremy Henty wrote:
> In article <m3oe7frwn3.wl%jupp@gmx.de>, Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT wrote:
> 
> 
>>English has a huge vocabulary and a rather complex grammar but few
>>understand (leave alone make use of) any of the more advanced
>>features.
> 
> 
> English!  The Perl of natural language!
> 
> (Didn't someone say that the easiest language in the world is Broken
> English?)
> 

I recall an interview of John Irving by Gunter Grass, where Grass 
asserts that Bad English is the international language of the future.

James


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