All I gave a wry smile when I saw that (although I believe the phrase was something like, "the purest form of English"). It must rank even higher on the list of oxymorons than Australian culture or American humour <g>. Native English must be the most bastardized language on the globe. By the 17th century it would have evolved from Celtic, Latin, Anglo-Saxon, Norse, Norman and probably had further influence from continental Europe. Even today, American English is actually "purer" than the mother tongue. I remeber spelling "ize" words with the "z" as a boy wheras the majority are now commonly spelled "ise" although the Oxford dictionary still lists "ize" as the correct spelling. The form of the verb like "gotten" has disappeared in Britain though it was there in earlier days. As for pidgin English................. When I got saved I read about the path to salvation for a week (I was on the point of suicide at the time). As English it made complete sense to me. Man tries to commune with God but cannot because of sin. No form of works can bridge the gulf between God and man. The only way to reach God is by Jesus. The text included the picture of two sides of a gulf with the cross bridging them. I attended my first AOG service after reading this text for a week. I took one look at the pastor and decided I was going to steer well clear of him. To cut a long story short I ended up with the pastor at the end of the service and he was explaining the text to me except that he wasn't, God was. Deep spoke to deep. Conviction came to my heart and I accepted Jesus. My experience of the Word of God has never changed. I can read it and understand it as English but it takes the conviction of the Holy Spirit for me to realise its truth. BoW. _______ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks!" RTKB&G4JC! Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rangernet.org
