Theos-Talk Archives (July 2003 Message tt00174)

Hi Bart and all of you,

My views are:

Yes.
But one should at least give him credit for trying, right ?

There is english - and Theosophists.
There is common sense - and Theosophists.
There is Senzar and the 7 Keys - and Theosophists.
There is ESP and the heart of wisdom - and Theosophists.

There are also certain kinds of Melons. >:-)
Title: In the Land of the Fools (alias the evil Melon)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theos-talk/message/12567 (Thu Jul 10, 2003 )

Laughs...


from
M. Sufilight with peace and love...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bart Lidofsky" <bartl@sprynet.com>
To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: Theos-World Hi!!!!


> Morten Nymann Olesen wrote:
> > Welcome.
> > My english is also poor.
> > I am from Denmark (Scandinavia).
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> Thinking about it, it occurs to me that maybe a number of my problems
> with your past posts had more to do with your ability to write in
> English than your ideas.
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> There was a story I read a number of years ago that illustrates the
> problems that can come up. An American living in a Caribbean fishing
> community was learning Spanish largely by listening to the people around
> him. The result was that, although he spoke Spanish poorly, the Spanish
> he did know included a lot of local colloquialisms. As a result, when he
> unintentionally insulted someone because of his poor command of the
> language, the person took it quite seriously, because the man's use of
> colloquial Spanish made it appear that his knowledge was much greater
> than it really was.
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> Bart
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