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Date:      Sun, 09 Apr 2000 00:40:24 -0500
From:      "G. Adam Stanislav" <redprince@redprince.net>
To:        Anatoly Vorobey <mellon@pobox.com>
Cc:        chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: BSDCon East
Message-ID:  <3.0.6.32.20000409004024.0091ad60@mail85.pair.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000408194048.A55372@sasami.jurai.net>
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At 19:40 08-04-2000 -0400, Anatoly Vorobey wrote:
>> Best of all, unlike people from one of their neigboring countries, they
>> couldn't care less about foreign accents. If you are trying to talk
>> Italian, no matter how broken, they will not pretend they don't understand
>> just because you don't sound exactly like them.
>
>I've always wondered: do people actually *do* that? I can't quite
>understand why someone would be so obnoxious. And which nations are more
>susceptible to that behavior?

Yes, they do. I have deliberately not say which country is notorious for
doing that because I do not want to turn a half-serious discussion into a war.

Adam


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