Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 09:21:06 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: Martin Karlsson <martin.karlsson@visit.se>, Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dual language (was: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha clock.c) Message-ID: <20020530092106.D82424@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <p05111705b91928b7d20f@[137.120.142.179]> References: <20020523061551.GA237@lpt.ens.fr> <20020523155541.H230@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20020523063222.GA470@lpt.ens.fr> <p0511170eb9127dabc846@[10.0.1.8]> <20020525075741.GC630@foo31-146.visit.se> <20020525175337.F84264@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20020526094106.GA345@foo31-146.visit.se> <3CF15CAD.C05C6BEE@mindspring.com> <20020527200708.GB441@foo31-146.visit.se> <p05111705b91928b7d20f@[137.120.142.179]>
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On Tuesday, 28 May 2002 at 14:49:00 +0200, Brad Knowles wrote: > At 10:07 PM +0200 2002/05/27, Martin Karlsson wrote: >> Of course I think that if one migrates to a new country, priority >> one is to learn the language of that country, > > As a foreigner living in Belgium, I would agree. However, there > is something out-of-whack when a significant portion of the > population living in that country speaks a language which is not > officially recognized (e.g., English) and there is an officially > recognized linguistic minority that is even smaller than this > unrecognized minority (e.g., German). JOOI, if you leave Bruxelles and go out into the countryside, what's the situation there? I can't recall a large amount of English being spoken outside Brussel, and you've got to admit that that city is particularly unusual. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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