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From: andrey mirtchovski <mirtchovski@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] nice quote
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> This is like saying
> agglutinative languages are worse for conquering the world with than
> isolating languages because the Ottoman empire fell before the English
> empire.

I wish there was a way to record this for the next generation. Perhaps
in a list of worthy sayings and fortune cookies we could store
together with the rest of the system?

I must now find a way to somehow apply this simile in casual conversation.