Re: [OT] English language

2011-04-04 Thread Lisi
On Monday 04 April 2011 01:24:03 David Jardine wrote: I just love the spelling of Advertiser. ;) Do Americans spell it with a zed? Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Re: [OT] English language

2011-04-04 Thread Lisi
On Monday 04 April 2011 06:08:27 Chris Brennan wrote: Plz 2 invades ur werdz insteadz! Plz 2??? P.S. While this meant to be funny and light-hearted, in reality, not all of us Americans are stupid, dumb rednecks who eye their cousins and farm Where did that come from? Who, other than you

Re: [OT] English language

2011-04-04 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2011 04 Apr 03:21 -0500, Lisi wrote: On Monday 04 April 2011 01:24:03 David Jardine wrote: I just love the spelling of Advertiser. ;) Do Americans spell it with a zed? Mostly, yes. - Nate -- The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist

Re: [OT] English language

2011-04-04 Thread Francis Southern
On 4 April 2011 13:41, Nate Bargmann n...@n0nb.us wrote: * On 2011 04 Apr 03:21 -0500, Lisi wrote: On Monday 04 April 2011 01:24:03 David Jardine wrote: I just love the spelling of Advertiser. ;) Do Americans spell it with a zed? Mostly, yes. I don't think so, I'm fairly sure

Re: [OT] English language

2011-04-04 Thread Ron Johnson
On 04/04/2011 07:56 AM, Francis Southern wrote: On 4 April 2011 13:41, Nate Bargmannn...@n0nb.us wrote: * On 2011 04 Apr 03:21 -0500, Lisi wrote: On Monday 04 April 2011 01:24:03 David Jardine wrote: I just love the spelling of Advertiser. ;) Do Americans spell it with a zed? Mostly,

Re: [OT] English language [was:Re: OpenOffice.org - how to install additional languages?]

2011-04-04 Thread Christopher Judd
On Sunday 03 April 2011 16:17:55 Ron Johnson wrote: ... What populist propaganda have you been reading? How do they say Disneyland in French? Terre de Disney? Terre de Souris? Actually, the French (in France) disdain direct translations of English phrases, and will

Re: [OT] English language

2011-04-04 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 4 April 2011 22:41, Nate Bargmann n...@n0nb.us wrote: * On 2011 04 Apr 03:21 -0500, Lisi wrote: On Monday 04 April 2011 01:24:03 David Jardine wrote: I just love the spelling of Advertiser. ;) Do Americans spell it with a zed? Mostly, yes. No, they spell it with a 'zee'. Regards,

Re: [OT] English language

2011-04-04 Thread Doug
On 04/04/2011 04:19 AM, Lisi wrote: On Monday 04 April 2011 01:24:03 David Jardine wrote: I just love the spelling of Advertiser. ;) Do Americans spell it with a zed? Lisi No. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley -- To

Re: [OT] English language

2011-04-04 Thread Joel Rees
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 12:06 AM, Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com wrote: On 4 April 2011 22:41, Nate Bargmann n...@n0nb.us wrote: * On 2011 04 Apr 03:21 -0500, Lisi wrote: On Monday 04 April 2011 01:24:03 David Jardine wrote: I just love the spelling of Advertiser. ;) Do

[OT] English language [was:Re: OpenOffice.org - how to install additional languages?]

2011-04-03 Thread David Jardine
On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 03:08:55PM -0400, Doug wrote: This is grossly off topic, but since it's here, i _must_ answer: Thank God there is no English Academy. As a native English speaker I entirely agree, but I can understand the frustrations of others who are effectively forced to use our

Re: [OT] English language [was:Re: OpenOffice.org - how to install additional languages?]

2011-04-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 04/03/2011 02:54 PM, David Jardine wrote: On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 03:08:55PM -0400, Doug wrote: This is grossly off topic, but since it's here, i _must_ answer: Thank God there is no English Academy. As a native English speaker I entirely agree, but I can understand the frustrations of

Re: [OT] English language [was:Re: OpenOffice.org - how to install additional languages?]

2011-04-03 Thread Chris Jackson
Not sure I want to get into this ;) - but ... Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/03/2011 02:54 PM, David Jardine wrote: On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 03:08:55PM -0400, Doug wrote: has the force and power of law. It is _illegal_ to name anything public in English. If you have a store and call it by an

Re: [OT] English language [was:Re: OpenOffice.org - how to install additional languages?]

2011-04-03 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 4 April 2011 06:17, Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: On 04/03/2011 02:54 PM, David Jardine wrote: On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 03:08:55PM -0400, Doug wrote: This is grossly off topic, but since it's here, i _must_ answer: Thank God there is no English Academy. As a native English

Re: [OT] English language

2011-04-03 Thread David Jardine
On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 03:17:55PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/03/2011 02:54 PM, David Jardine wrote: On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 03:08:55PM -0400, Doug wrote: Thank God there is no English Academy. As a native English speaker I entirely agree, but I can understand the frustrations of

Re: [OT] English language [was:Re: OpenOffice.org - how to install additional languages?]

2011-04-03 Thread Lisi
On Sunday 03 April 2011 22:55:22 Heddle Weaver wrote: I don't think they have, 'Disneyland'. I'm afraid that they do, and it is called Disneyland Paris. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: [OT] English language

2011-04-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 04/03/2011 05:02 PM, David Jardine wrote: On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 03:17:55PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] Would an anti-Brit really go to England to do his work? Frankly, why not? Where did the anti-colonialist future leaders of newly independent African and Asian countries study?

Re: [OT] English language [was:Re: OpenOffice.org - how to install additional languages?]

2011-04-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 04/03/2011 04:55 PM, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 4 April 2011 06:17, Ron Johnsonron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: On 04/03/2011 02:54 PM, David Jardine wrote: On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 03:08:55PM -0400, Doug wrote: [snip] What populist propaganda have you been reading? How do they say Disneyland

Re: [OT] English language

2011-04-03 Thread David Jardine
On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 05:32:34PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/03/2011 05:02 PM, David Jardine wrote: On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 03:17:55PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: I don't know if England had its own xenophobic equivalents, but I think the English would be less likely to

Re: [OT] English language

2011-04-03 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 05:32:34PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: Successfully spreading your empire (and thus your language) around the world /de facto/ dilutes your ownership of the language, by virtue of each group you teach it to morphing it to their own needs. Yep, the Americans don't even

Re: [OT] English language

2011-04-03 Thread Chris Brennan
Plz 2 invades ur werdz insteadz! P.S. While this meant to be funny and light-hearted, in reality, not all of us Americans are stupid, dumb rednecks who eye their cousins and farm animals. -- Sent from my Droid (sorry for the top post) On Apr 4, 2011 12:50 AM, Chris Bannister