XPost: alt.language.latin, alt.usage.english
From: peter@pmoylan.org.invalid

On 28/03/24 00:48, HVS wrote:
> On 27 Mar 2024, Helmut Richter wrote
>
>> On Mon, 25 Mar 2024, Janet wrote:
>>
>>> In article <3ad58cce-6e8-c4fa-5992-4ffa94f3ca78@email.de>,
>>> hr.usenet@email.de says...
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 25 Mar 2024, Peter Moylan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> We, like the Irish, believe that all versions of the Bible
>>>>> are translations from the original Latin.
>>>>
>>>> But in fact, they are translations from the real original: the
>>>> King James Bible.
>>>
>>> There was me thinking the bible was written down long before King
>>> James could hold a pen.
>>
>> Certainly so.
>>
>> Did you reckon with the possibility that my contribution was meant
>> as a sneer at the KJV-only movement?
>
> I assumed that, but your post was sufficiently straight-faced that I
> wondered for a minute if you were actually one of the KJV wing-
> nuts....

In my opinion, straight-faced humour is one of the best forms of humour.

There's one catch: when I come across nutcase writing it can take me a
while to realise that they're not joking. I offended some people that
way back when I still used Facebook.

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Peter Moylan                         http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW

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