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Date:      9 Apr 2000 16:15:51 +0200
From:      naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber)
To:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: BSDCon East
Message-ID:  <8cq3an$1nha$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de>
References:  <20000404152346.01398@techunix.technion.ac.il> <38EE4C97.B9B83C7A@asme.org> <20000407143054.A9684@sofia.csl.sri.com> <38EEA9B9.8BE1D8A0@asme.org>

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Pedro F. Giffuni <giffunip@asme.org> wrote:

> Carlo V ha detto che il Francese e per parlare su diplomasia, il
> spagnolo e per parlare con Dio e il tedesche e per parlare con gli
> animali.  :-).

This seems to be quoted in many variations. The one I recall from
school:

French is for speaking at the court,
Italian for speaking with women,
and German for speaking with your enemies.

-- 
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                  naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de



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