Standing in the dark, rainy shadows of a city alleyway, I spied the
Replicant Evil Sponge covertly transmitting a message to renegade
friends in alt.fan.blade-runner. Tracking...
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>"Netrunner" <e-mail.me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Standing in the dark, rainy shadows of a city alleyway, I spied the
>> Replicant Evil Sponge covertly transmitting a message to renegade
>> friends in alt.fan.blade-runner. Tracking...
>>
>>>ja?
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>> WTF?
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>Woah! Is it that surprising? I use it all the time in real life...
>
A very interesting thought. Perhaps I do have some prejudice here
(where I have almost none elsewhere). I equate "ja" directly with
"ya", which is the stem of "ya-hoo" as in a person who is a "poncy
git". That is not necessarily someone who is rich and privileged
(people with whom I do not have any problem per se), but someone who
is that plus being a poncy git, but even worse, the people who are not
even that, but are still poncy gits. It interests me that I use many
non-English words without concern, but "ja" really irritates me. I
have learned several other languages and "ja" is a relevant word in a
few of them and, within context, I happily use it. I just have some
issue with it being used by native-English speakers using it when
speaking English. Sorry if that offends you or even simply surprises
you. Guess it is something I have to reflect upon.
Netrunner
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"He who does not know foreign languages does not know anything about
his own."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Kunst and Alterthum
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