Oh, I loved that. Reminds me of the proverb:
"The wolf knows what the ill beast thinks and where he hides."
Get ready for the next.
Mark
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Subject: Let's get proverbial! [Was "Language, ah language is barry"]
> Reminds me of a Yoruba proverb about "what the trees say when the
> axe comes into the forest: 'Remember, the handle is one of us.'"
>
> Candice
>
>
> Joe Duemer wrote:
>
> <This reminds me of Wittgenstein's remark (in _Culture & Value_?)
> that if a lion could speak we wouldn't be able to understand him.>
>
> Susanne Massey wrote:
>
> <There is a funny proverb which possibly relates to what you just
> said: "It is silly to act as a "Neapolitan" when in the company of
> real Neapolitans". Anyhow, I never came across one of them...>
>
> Mark Weiss wrote:
>
> <What's the old saying, that "a language is a dialect with an army"?>
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