HTML as a language

[Richard E. Hill]

Hey, Joe...Y'all may owe the 10 bucks.  Perhaps HTML is simply an accent of
English, y'all can't see the HTML lilt any better then you kin hear any other
accent.

;-}

JOSEPH E. LAFERRIERE wrote:

> >> I shall gladly pay you $10 if you can write a plant description entirely
> >> in HTML or translate one of Shakespeare's sonnets into the "language."
> >
> >You can find about 2000 plant descriptions in HTML at
> >     http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/www/data.htm
> >Some contain quotations from Shakespeare, for example, the description of
> >the Cruciferae under 'Flowering plants - families'.
>
> I looked up your website. What I saw on my screen was in
> English. I did not see any HTML printed there. It
> is possible that HTML was used to instruct the coputer
> whatfonts to use, etc., but not one single word of this
> appeared on the screen, not was any of it used in the
> descriptions.
>    My statement stands. I do not owe you the $10.
>
> --
> Dr. Joseph E. Laferriere
> who believes very strongly that one should
> not have opinions.