From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S275287AbTHGKQH (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Aug 2003 06:16:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S275289AbTHGKQH (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Aug 2003 06:16:07 -0400 Received: from dns.toxicfilms.tv ([150.254.37.24]:8936 "EHLO dns.toxicfilms.tv") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S275287AbTHGKQD (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Aug 2003 06:16:03 -0400 Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 12:16:01 +0200 (CEST) From: Maciej Soltysiak To: jw schultz Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [OT] Re: Euro-English In-Reply-To: <20030806231403.GF1380@pegasys.ws> Message-ID: References: <20030805233308.GD928@matchmail.com> <200308052014.31133.gene.heskett@verizon.net> <20030806231403.GF1380@pegasys.ws> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > And people who know english and bad english tend to use bad english. > > As you have just done ;) > > I also disagree. Many in Europe speak English much better > than those born to it. Yes, but try going skiing to the Alps. Checkout French, Austrian, Italian side glaciers. And try to get any response more correct than "we pipl buys tickets, ski lift not works", and so on. Ask "do you speak english?", and get "no". Maybe I am exagerating, but decent english was hard to find during my trips. I was better off using german. When I once heard a Swiss and an Italian agree that bad english rules I felt daunted. I am certainly no top-flight english speaker, but that amazed me. I also realize that in around universities people tend to know english better. But my view on using english to talk to people i meet is that I'd better use it Disclaimer: My opinions are my hamster's opinions, so blame him as the source of all evil and take all of this with a grain of salt :-) Regards, Maciej