From: Bud Rogers <budr@tanet.net>
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: Me, the businessperson
Date: 04 Feb 1998 15:13:40 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2k9bbnke3.fsf@twocups.tanet.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: joda@pdc.kth.se's message of "04 Feb 1998 18:42:50 +0100"
joda@pdc.kth.se (Johan Danielsson) writes:
> Even if people speak the same language, they won't necessarily
> understand each other. I have a hard time to understand some kinds of
> Scanian (which is a southern province of Sweden, for all you
> foreigners).
I realize this is totally off-topic for the list, but it is also
totally fascinating. If I may.
Oklahoma is kind of a microcosm of the USA. It's a fairly young state
and many families are only 2 or 3 generations away from their roots in
"the old country."
My ancestry is mostly Irish and English. One of our neighbors is of
German ancestry and grew up in a mostly German community. A couple of
years ago our neighbor helped us build a house for my father. We had
many horrendous arguments about how to do things until we realized we
were mostly arguing about language. Even though we were both using
English, we were almost speaking two different languages.
> Now, is this a theme for some mugs perhaps?
How about sayings like "I love gnus" or "GNUS RULES!" in many
different languages? A fitting indicator of the international
character of gnus. I would love to have a mug like that.
Sorry for the diversion. Language is my one weakness.
--
Bud Rogers <budr@tanet.net>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-02-04 21:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 75+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-01-07 21:06 Me, the businessman Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-01-07 21:52 ` Niels Olof Bouvin
1998-01-07 22:41 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-01-07 22:49 ` Lars Balker Rasmussen
1998-01-07 23:02 ` William M. Perry
1998-01-07 22:45 ` Wes Hardaker
1998-01-08 0:16 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-01-08 1:02 ` Per Abrahamsen
1998-01-08 8:16 ` Steinar Bang
1998-01-08 14:48 ` Per Abrahamsen
1998-01-08 1:23 ` Wes Hardaker
1998-01-08 9:23 ` Me, the businessperson Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-01-08 15:49 ` Neil Crellin
1998-01-08 16:27 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-01-08 20:01 ` Jan Vroonhof
1998-01-08 22:06 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-01-09 0:30 ` Wes Hardaker
1998-01-09 8:10 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-01-09 0:44 ` Wes Hardaker
1998-01-09 8:11 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-01-09 16:23 ` Wes Hardaker
1998-01-12 21:54 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-01-13 0:15 ` Wes Hardaker
1998-01-16 21:38 ` Stephen Zander
1998-01-11 1:44 ` Matt Simmons
1998-01-11 2:23 ` Paul Franklin
1998-01-12 7:17 ` Steinar Bang
1998-01-12 13:21 ` Per Abrahamsen
[not found] ` <6f90sl6cr5.fsf@bavur.dna.lth.se>
1998-01-12 14:03 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-01-13 15:59 ` Jes Sorensen
1998-01-14 9:15 ` Steinar Bang
1998-01-14 9:54 ` Tax (was: Re: Me, the businessperson) Per Abrahamsen
1998-01-12 7:13 ` Me, the businessperson Steinar Bang
1998-01-12 18:43 ` Dan Schmidt
1998-01-12 20:38 ` Jason R Mastaler
1998-01-12 21:17 ` Wes Hardaker
1998-01-12 21:57 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-01-13 0:14 ` Wes Hardaker
1998-01-13 1:13 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-01-14 16:28 ` Wes Hardaker
1998-01-13 13:51 ` Robert Bihlmeyer
1998-01-13 16:02 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-01-13 16:14 ` Kai Grossjohann
1998-01-13 16:28 ` Per Abrahamsen
1998-01-14 9:08 ` Steinar Bang
1998-01-13 16:33 ` Lars Balker Rasmussen
1998-01-13 16:39 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-01-14 8:21 ` Tore Olsen
1998-01-14 9:11 ` Steinar Bang
1998-01-14 9:19 ` Kai Grossjohann
1998-02-02 18:42 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-04 9:05 ` Steinar Bang
1998-02-04 9:15 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-04 9:20 ` Lars Balker Rasmussen
[not found] ` <6fn2g74snl.fsf@bavur.dna.lth.se>
1998-02-04 11:07 ` Rolf Marvin B|e Lindgren
1998-02-04 18:43 ` Stephen Zander
1998-02-05 0:13 ` Nils Goesche
1998-02-04 17:42 ` Johan Danielsson
1998-02-04 21:13 ` Bud Rogers [this message]
1998-02-04 23:34 ` Wes Hardaker
1998-02-05 8:17 ` Jan Vroonhof
1998-02-08 16:03 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-04 12:21 ` Andy Eskilsson
1998-02-04 13:21 ` Per Abrahamsen
1998-02-04 16:05 ` Manoj Srivastava
1998-02-05 12:51 ` nnimap once more (Was: Me, the businessperson) Steinar Bang
1998-02-23 22:43 ` Anders Jackson
1998-02-05 8:17 ` Me, the businessperson Steinar Bang
1998-02-05 18:22 ` Bud Rogers
1998-01-14 16:28 ` Wes Hardaker
1998-01-13 7:08 ` Steinar Bang
1998-01-07 22:45 ` Me, the businessman Hrvoje Niksic
1998-01-08 8:46 ` Francois Felix Ingrand
1998-01-07 22:51 ` Mats Löfdahl
1998-01-08 9:01 ` Lars Syrstad
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