Hello Britt! On Monday, October 21, 2002 at 6:51:38 PM you wrote:
> Either you misunderstood my poor English, or I misunderstood you, but > I was talking about this list, not The Bat! No, no, I just used your message to jump in with my 2 (pick your preferred currency's lowest unit). Nothing to do with your point. > I know that most of our French users prefer to write and read in > French. To what I've heard it's only the establishment (particularly the government and comedie Francaise - sorry, that should read Academie ...). French people seem to be much more sensible and intelligent. Other than in Germany ... > Okay, then repeat this (French) joke, and don't say they (soon we) > don't have self irony: > What do you call someone who knows three languages? > ... a trilingual. > What do you call someone who knows two languages? > ... a bilingual. > What do you call someone who knows one language? > A Frenchman. It isn't that bad; good joke often don't fair well by repeating. Although ... -- Dierk Haasis http://www.Write4U.de http://Zoo.Write4U.de PGP keys available: mailto:Dierk.Haasis@;Write4U.de?Subject=SendMyPGPkeys The Bat 1.62/Beta6 on Windows 95 4.0 1212 C When people have problems using a design, it's not because they are stupid. It's because the design is too difficult. (Jakob Nielsen) ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html