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Have any wars ever been fought over grammar? ~


Posted - April 18, 2018

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  • 5354
    I can think of several wars fought over the issue of how the Bible should be interpreted.
      April 18, 2018 9:32 AM MDT
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  • 53412

      That's not grammar. 
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      April 18, 2018 9:41 PM MDT
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  • 10567
    Yes!  In fact, I fought in several of them back when I was in school.  Although I winned a few battles, I ain't never won a war.
      April 18, 2018 9:50 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    My GranMar was and absolutely stunning blonde lady when she was in her teens......I would think many guys fought long arduous  battles trying to get two grips on her.....
    My answer can only be yes  ......:(

      April 18, 2018 9:56 AM MDT
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  • 53412


      I know, right?


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      April 18, 2018 9:47 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    My grandad was a very lucky guy I think ....lol
      April 19, 2018 2:40 AM MDT
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  • 5835
    In "The Wizard Of Oz" by L. Frank Baum there is a race of people with one foot. They went to war with another race because one of them said they had less understanding. It eventually came to court and the offending guy was asked to explain his remark. He said it was a reference to the single foot. When he said less understanding he meant less stand-undering.
      April 18, 2018 3:06 PM MDT
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  • 1633
    Well, beginning in 1952, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) actually went to war with West Pakistan (now [simply] Pakistan) over the right to continue to speak and keep the country's national language as Bangla/Bengali as opposed to Urdu.  To my knowledge, it's the only such war fought over a language and/or writing system.


    The Shaheed Minar monument in Dhaka, Bangladesh commemorates the lives lost during the Bengali Language Movement prior to Bangladeshi independence.


    This post was edited by bevo at April 18, 2018 11:13 PM MDT
      April 18, 2018 10:56 PM MDT
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  • 5835
    When people started compiling digital fonts for all the languages, they ran smack into politics. Many countries demand a separate font just because they don't like another country that uses the same alphabet.
      April 19, 2018 1:50 AM MDT
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