Re: Yerushala(y)im - or Biblical Hebrew

From: Peter Kirk (peter.r.kirk@ntlworld.com)
Date: Tue Jul 29 2003 - 09:01:14 EDT

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    On 28/07/2003 18:28, John Cowan wrote:

    >Peter Kirk scripsit:
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    >>Napoleon managed to impose and are still uniform all the way from Calais
    >>to Vladivostok (because even the Russians accepted his system for a
    >>while), even traffic rules (drive on the right, give way to the right),
    >>but are different in the UK.
    >>
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    >
    >Yeah, you're still using the horseman-with-sword system rather than the
    >cart-drover system.
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    Perhaps it's a good thing you're not as your system makes things harder
    for the modern equivalent of horseman-with-sword, driver-with-gun!

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    Peter Kirk
    peter.r.kirk@ntlworld.com
    http://web.onetel.net.uk/~peterkirk/
    


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