🚀 go-pugleaf

Marc Bonnaud <mbonnaud@francenet.fr> writes:
> kurt@dna.lth.se (Kurt Swanson) wrote:
> >Marc Bonnaud <mbonnaud@francenet.fr> writes:
> >> Of course we too have "torrent", "ruisseau", etc...
> >> but you failed ( by ignorance ) to get my point there

> >You failed, by incompetence, to express it.

> >> there is a significant difference between rivi�re and fleuve, since
> >> the latter pours into the sea while the former pours into a rivi�re
> >> or a fleuve. A difference which does not exist in english. 

> >Look up "tributary" in any English dictionary.  Or you could just
> >respond with another smart-ass remark, only digging your own hole
> >deeper...

> Someone else said that, in a more polite way ; anyway,  a "tributary" 
> ( "affluent" in French ) has nothing to do with what I describe ; I maintain
> there is no English word to designate only rivers that pour into the
> sea.

If so, who cares?  One could always say "rivers that pour into the sea."

> Get adult ; learn politeness.

Isn't it a bit late to be trying the high road?  You are only treated
as nice as you yourself treat others.  If you want civility, I suggest
you don't go around calling people ignorant, responding in different
languages, etc.
--
Kurt Swanson, Department of Computer Science, Lund University.
Kurt.Swanson@dna.lth.se (http://www.dna.lth.se/home/kurt/)