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Re: [DL] Good adventure idea. :)(spoilers) (OT)
> This is "Dracula" we're talking about here right?
> Well, it depends on what your thoughts of Dracula are
> all about. In your mind, was he the first vampire, or
> was he from a list of those riegning down Kain. (As in
> Kain and Able) :)
I haven't had a moment of pedantry in a while, but I couldn't let this go by
without saying something.
You're thinking of Cain and Abel. I don't know who those other two fellows are.
;)
Daphné
--
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that
English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow
words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to
beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
-James D. Nicoll