Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 14:58 -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: >> Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > Le samedi 28 janvier 2006 à 21:16 -0600, Manoj Srivastava a écrit : >> >> God. Is this supposed to be rational technical discussion, or >> >> an exercise in jejune mud slinging. >> > >> > Deliberate use of words a non-native English speaker cannot understand >> > won't help your argumentation. >> >> How is "jejune" unfair? How can I predict which words you will or >> won't know? Maybe Debian should ship a dictionary. Oh wait, it does. > > Manoj probably thought (as I did, until I ran dict) that jejune > is a French word never used in English.
I find it unlikely to think that Manoj was trying to use a French word. I think he is simply an accomplished writer, using a carefully chosen ordinary English word, and doesn't know which English words French people normally learn. Thomas
