[OT] Re: Benefit and belief

[Curt]

On 2011-10-17, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
>
> That is no more deep and meaningful than the fact that while some people 
> say "one plus one equals two", others say "eins und eins gleich zwei", 
> some say "un et un fait deux" and some say "один и один дает два". 
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Most of us say "un et un _font_ deux," in fact, because we know how to
conjugate as well as perform simple arithmetic.

:-)