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Politics : Support the French! Viva Democracy!
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To: Solon who wrote (5155)2/9/2004 8:38:28 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander  Read Replies (1) of 7849
 
Why is english defined as an idiomatic language?? Wouldn't shouldn't and couldn't it be defined as a moronic one??

Ouch, bless those teachers.. and those little children

Me likes #3.0, using a two-party system, clearly 200% proof.

2.Resembling or having the nature of an idiot.
3.Using many idiots.
4.Peculiar to or characteristic of the style or manner of a particular group or people.

The greatest moron, or even idiot is a more complex issue

1.Very large in size.
2.Larger in size than others of the same kind.
3.Large in quantity or number: A great throng awaited us. See Synonyms at large.
4.Extensive in time or distance: a great delay.
5.Remarkable or outstanding in magnitude, degree, or extent: a great crisis.
6.Of outstanding significance or importance: a great work of art.
7.Chief or principal: the great house on the estate.
8.Superior in quality or character; noble: “For he was great, ere fortune made him so” (John Dryden).
9.Powerful; influential: one of the great nations of the West.
10.Eminent; distinguished: a great leader.
11.Grand; aristocratic.
12.Informal. Enthusiastic: a great lover of music.
13.Informal. Very skillful: great at algebra.
14.Informal. Very good; first-rate: We had a great time at the dance.
15.Being one generation removed from the relative specified. Often used in combination: a
great-granddaughter.
16.Archaic. Pregnant.

However, I agree with some of the mongolian version, adapted to only two parties and wheels

Mogul \Mo*gul"\, n. [From the Mongolian.] 1. A person of the Mongolian race.

2. (Railroad) A heavy locomotive for freight traffic, having three pairs of connected driving wheels and a
two-wheeled truck.
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Politically, and linguistically, I totally agree with the old greek version on the idiotes.
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