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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 695.1 | | VISA::MONAHAN | humanity is a trojan horse | Fri Jul 14 1989 11:34 | 10 |
| For the third letter you should see a QAR we submitted on April 1 a
couple of years ago.
The VMS password generator has a filter to avoid offending people.
We complained that it was not sufficiently internationalised, and
submitted lists for about 10 languages. Just asking around personal
friends here I think I could get RTFM in 11 languages now.
If the inquiry is more serious, then there are
internationalisation/translation groups in most European countries.
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| 695.2 | LTPM | ULYSSE::LIRON | | Fri Jul 14 1989 19:46 | 1 |
| Lis ton pu*tain de manuel
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| 695.3 | merci bien... | LAMHRA::WHORLOW | 1:25000 - a magic number | Mon Jul 17 1989 00:52 | 15 |
| G'day,
Well the enquiry was meant to be a bit tongue-in-cheek...
Our group here in Oz consists of three Aussies, a Pom, an Austrian, A
Septic and a naturally French-speaking Kurdi from Syria. With Oz being
so multi-cultural, it seemed that it would a good idea to spread the
word, as it were...
djw
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| 695.4 | | AITG::DERAMO | Daniel V. {AITG,ZFC}:: D'Eramo | Mon Jul 17 1989 00:57 | 4 |
| GASP! You mean "Aussies" and "Austrians" aren't the
same??? :-)
Dan
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| 695.5 | I'm impressed. | ERICG::ERICG | Eric Goldstein | Mon Jul 17 1989 08:17 | 4 |
| .3> ... a naturally French-speaking Kurdi from Syria ...
That's amazing. Even in France, after all, the kids have to learn the
language.
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| 695.6 | je parle francais comme une vache espagnol | LAMHRA::WHORLOW | 1:25000 - a magic number | Mon Jul 17 1989 14:35 | 16 |
| G'day,
but but but... French cannot be _that_ difficult...
why even the dogs in France understand French......let alone the
budgies that can speak it too....
;-)
derek
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| 695.7 | | ULYSSE::LIRON | | Mon Jul 17 1989 18:06 | 6 |
| > why even the dogs in France understand French......let alone the
> budgies that can speak it too....
Bien s�r, et m�me le Prince Charles parle fran�ais.
roger :)
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| 695.8 | | LAMHRA::WHORLOW | 1:25000 - a magic number | Tue Jul 18 1989 00:53 | 47 |
| B'jour,
dr�le, tr�s dr�le..........
C'est parce que le chunnel fait Angleterre un pays de l'europe,
n'est-ce pas.
Quand je suis � l'�cole, j'ai appris que la Manche est l� pour raison
simple - c'est parce que tour les gens qui se trouvent au sud de
la mer sont �trangers.
So, on ne dois pas apprendre fran�ais ou italien ou allemande parce
que tout le monde parle anglais, naturellement!
in deference to non franglais speaking readers, the original text
(prior to butchering) now follows...
Funny, very funny....
Thats because the chunnel makes England a European country, isn't
it.
When I was at school, I learnt that the English Channel was there
for a simple reason - Because everyone south of the sea were
foreigners.
Therefore one needn't learn french, italian or german because everyone
speaks english, naturally.
to the purists and the committee that looks after the french
language...
apologies....
derek
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| 695.9 | wow | WMOIS::B_REINKE | If you are a dreamer, come in.. | Tue Jul 18 1989 05:36 | 8 |
| Derek,
I managed to translate that based on my high school French..
I suspose that it is up to a native speaker to say if my
memory is good or .... :-)
Bonnie
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| 695.10 | not as good as Heath | COMICS::DEMORGAN | Richard De Morgan, UK CSC/CS | Tue Jul 18 1989 12:00 | 2 |
| Re .7: yes, he does, but his accent is terrible. Even Edward Heath
sounds better.
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| 695.11 | | ULYSSE::LIRON | | Tue Jul 18 1989 13:29 | 7 |
| Somerset Maugham, le grand �crivain britannique, disait:
"Le fran�ais est la langue commune des personnes cultiv�es"
D'ailleurs, la devise de la couronne d'Angleterre est en
fran�ais: "Dieu et mon droit".
roger :)
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| 695.12 | a Septic??? | MTA::BOWERS | Count Zero Interrupt | Tue Jul 18 1989 18:52 | 1 |
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| 695.13 | | QUOKKA::SNYDER | Wherever you go, there you are | Tue Jul 18 1989 18:57 | 7 |
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> -< a Septic??? >-
Rhyming slang for an American. Septic Tank ==> Yank.
Sid (a septic)
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| 695.14 | LDSH | VOGON::JOHNSTON | | Tue Jul 18 1989 19:35 | 6 |
|
In German:
Lies das Schei�handbuch
Ian
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| 695.15 | Honi soit qui mal y pense! | LAMHRA::WHORLOW | 1:25000 - a magic number | Wed Jul 19 1989 00:51 | 18 |
| G'day..
Ahhh yes "Mon Dieu et Mon Droit"
My God, I'm Right
;-)
derek
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| 695.17 | | KAOFS::S_BROOK | Here today and here again tomorrow | Sat Jul 22 1989 00:06 | 11 |
| Mais alors!
Don't you people know that if the furner doesn't understand you,
all you have to do is SHOUT LOUDER!
So, rtfm in furin is RTFM!
or even (imagine double hight, double width) RTFM!
Stuart who is currently learning French for his job anyway!
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| 695.18 | Which word should be the lodest? | LAMHRA::WHORLOW | 1:25000 - a magic number | Mon Jul 24 1989 05:58 | 12 |
| G'day,
Yerst, the first line is shout, _then_ if the furiner don't understand,
shout LOUDER....
but these are not necessarily yer actual continentals.... some of
em is locals....
djw
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| 695.19 | a golden nugget? | LESCOM::KALLIS | To thine own self be candid. | Mon Jul 24 1989 15:35 | 7 |
| Re .18 (djw):
< -< Which word should be the lodest? >-
The oreyest. ;-)
Steve Kallis, Jr.
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| 695.20 | | BMT::KABEL | doryphore | Tue Jul 25 1989 00:56 | 4 |
| In Paris, they simply stared when I spoke to them in French. I
never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own
language.
-- Mark Twain
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