Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.031 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.94; '*S*': 0.00; 'english,': 0.09; 'sentence': 0.09; 'subset': 0.09; 'subject:Help': 0.11; 'language.': 0.14; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'subject:Got': 0.16; 'subject:Plz': 0.16; 'subject:make': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'wed,': 0.18; 'australian': 0.19; 'define': 0.26; 'suggested': 0.26; 'second': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'generally': 0.29; "doesn't": 0.30; 'strongly': 0.30; 'especially': 0.30; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'languages': 0.32; 'themselves': 0.32; 'whom': 0.33; 'sense': 0.34; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'nov': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'called': 0.40; 'subject: !': 0.61; 'american': 0.66; 'limit': 0.70; 'subject:your': 0.76; 'pardon': 0.84; 'subject: ! ': 0.84; 'british': 0.87; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=ABmrGSLdEITS7USRDR9UwFGQ/SlEXCeFSheSudYk7NY=; b=CupWqjP6IcknkVTsf7L/Rkm3MkmDG2LLsbOI4U607ThTfPGjoC09iNjpxSHnaKdBF+ NtXX1I0O9Q2Mf05v6S2gAM3wdEMK7cb5Dn+AgN/UGiyaIefCcTy0JVTXE98VRY50LQWb s628aI8iNpV6IDSUE8vn/5yfWkpjQtwbawa2TtK0V5ZddGyjD4NqdBQzzy3mew2/nhZV 5XwMW29DiqElDsqz3Z4o2LYeLwD6wS5uPjNCQ3YvH8IOnmrw3sJqSXo+qf3yINBtT73+ 8vxmftSzmOvscZ6PR98yX+6XlvwjqtpKXcVouWI2iW/nm1x8ztAHOaL8Vj29V6PeuUfk xSyw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.66.163.2 with SMTP id ye2mr14195632pab.170.1385540353962; Wed, 27 Nov 2013 00:19:13 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <5295AA5C.9040400@rece.vub.ac.be> References: <5290105a$0$29993$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <5293AAC1.4010902@rece.vub.ac.be> <5294D2DF.1090901@rece.vub.ac.be> <5295AA5C.9040400@rece.vub.ac.be> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 19:19:13 +1100 Subject: Re: Got a Doubt ! Wanting for your Help ! Plz make it ASAP ! From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 14 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1385540357 news.xs4all.nl 15970 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:42280 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:60576 On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 7:16 PM, Antoon Pardon wrote: > However that second sentence doesn't make much sense to me. Modern > languages contain a subset that is called the standard language. This > is the subset that is generally taught. Especially to those for whom > the language is foreign. So when you define a specific language to > use on an international forum, it is strongly suggested that people > limit themselves to the standard subset and don't use dialects since > "dialect" AFAIU means it is outside this standard. Do you mean standard British English, standard American English, standard Australian English, or some other? ChrisA