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| Started by | Jason Evans <jsevans@mailfence.com> |
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| First post | 2020-08-08 13:34 +0000 |
| Last post | 2020-08-11 23:20 +0000 |
| Articles | 20 on this page of 210 — 39 participants |
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Is the Eternal September over Jason Evans <jsevans@mailfence.com> - 2020-08-08 13:34 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-08 12:16 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Jason Evans <jsevans@mailfence.com> - 2020-08-08 16:23 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-08-08 13:34 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-08 13:41 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-08-08 16:21 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-08 13:38 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2020-08-17 12:47 -0700
Re: Is the Eternal September over Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2020-08-08 16:14 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Rink <rink.hof.haalditmaarweg@planet.nl> - 2020-08-09 20:06 +0200
Re: Is the Eternal September over Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2020-08-11 23:46 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dave Garrett <dave@compassnet.com> - 2020-08-08 18:53 -0500
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-08 20:43 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-08-09 08:03 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-09 08:25 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2020-08-09 14:32 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2020-08-10 01:15 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-08-09 14:01 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-09 10:40 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-08-09 14:57 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-09 14:48 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-08-09 11:09 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-08-09 15:15 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over "Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1> - 2020-08-09 16:32 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2020-08-09 17:46 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-09 14:54 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2020-08-09 19:58 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-08-09 13:18 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Rink <rink.hof.haalditmaarweg@planet.nl> - 2020-08-09 20:09 +0200
Re: Is the Eternal September over J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-08-09 14:34 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Rink <rink.hof.haalditmaarweg@planet.nl> - 2020-08-10 16:01 +0200
Re: Is the Eternal September over J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-08-10 15:00 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-08-10 21:25 +0100
Re: EU, was Is the Eternal September over Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-10 12:33 -0700
Re: Is the Eternal September over Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-09 15:30 -0700
Re: Is the Eternal September over Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-08-09 17:41 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-09 10:07 -0700
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-09 14:50 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-08-09 19:52 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-09 17:06 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-08-09 21:56 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-09 15:30 -0700
UK / EU split (was Re: Is the Eternal September over) lawrence <lawrenabae@abaluon.abaom> - 2020-08-10 14:48 -0500
Re: UK / EU split (was Re: Is the Eternal September over) Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-10 13:05 -0700
Re: UK / EU split (was Re: Is the Eternal September over) J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-08-10 18:19 -0400
Re: UK / EU split (was Re: Is the Eternal September over) Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-08-10 21:38 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2020-08-10 01:16 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-09 10:07 -0700
Re: Is the Eternal September over Andreas Eder <a_eder_muc@web.de> - 2020-08-13 09:57 +0200
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-13 08:01 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-08-13 14:33 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-13 10:46 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2020-08-13 10:40 -0500
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-13 11:49 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-13 17:24 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over "Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1> - 2020-08-14 11:05 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-13 09:53 -0700
Re: Is the Eternal September over Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-08-13 17:04 +0000
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2020-08-13 22:57 +0000
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-13 17:12 -0700
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2020-08-14 02:48 +0000
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over Andreas Eder <a_eder_muc@web.de> - 2020-08-16 11:45 +0200
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-08-16 07:37 -0400
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2020-08-16 16:00 +0000
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over Andreas Eder <a_eder_muc@web.de> - 2020-08-23 12:25 +0200
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-08-17 09:16 +0100
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-13 21:11 -0400
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-14 07:13 -0700
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2020-08-14 17:06 -0500
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-08-14 22:45 +0000
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2020-08-14 20:29 -0300
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-08-15 17:44 +0000
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2020-08-15 22:52 -0400
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-08-16 03:40 +0000
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-15 23:51 -0400
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over greymaus@smaus.org - 2020-08-15 07:44 +0000
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-08-14 18:18 +0000
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-14 16:04 -0400
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2020-08-14 20:18 -0300
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-14 21:15 -0400
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2020-08-14 17:08 -0300
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-08-15 07:56 +0100
Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-08-15 10:25 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-13 09:53 -0700
Re: Is the Eternal September over Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-08-13 17:02 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-08-13 18:50 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over Gerard Schildberger <gerard46@rrt.net> - 2020-08-13 14:59 -0700
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2020-08-13 23:01 -0500
Re: Is the Eternal September over maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-08-15 22:55 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-08-15 22:46 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2020-08-16 19:22 -0500
Re: Is the Eternal September over Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-13 09:53 -0700
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-13 13:27 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-08-13 21:05 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-13 17:58 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-13 17:12 -0700
Re: Is the Eternal September over JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-08-14 10:06 -0500
Re: Is the Eternal September over Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-08-13 22:41 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-13 17:12 -0700
Re: Is the Eternal September over Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2020-08-13 21:45 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-08-14 18:18 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2020-08-14 03:37 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over jtmpreno <none@znet.com> - 2020-08-13 20:54 -0700
Re: Is the Eternal September over Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-08-14 04:03 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-14 06:14 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-08-14 11:57 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over "Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1> - 2020-08-14 11:19 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-14 07:13 -0700
Re: Is the Eternal September over gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-14 16:12 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-14 11:46 -0700
Re: Is the Eternal September over maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-08-15 23:07 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-08-16 11:22 -0500
Re: Is the Eternal September over maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-08-15 23:03 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-08-14 18:45 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2020-08-14 16:42 -0300
Re: Is the Eternal September over Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-14 13:42 -0700
Re: Is the Eternal September over maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-08-15 23:10 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-08-17 09:21 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-17 09:46 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-08-17 11:14 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-17 11:33 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-17 10:25 -0700
Re: Is the Eternal September over Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-08-17 19:37 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-08-18 14:36 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-08-18 14:34 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-17 10:25 -0700
Re: Is the Eternal September over Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-08-17 19:42 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-18 11:17 -0700
Re: Is the Eternal September over Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-08-18 19:41 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over Andy Leighton <andyl@azaal.plus.com> - 2020-08-18 04:19 -0500
Re: Is the Eternal September over Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-18 11:31 -0700
Re: Is the Eternal September over maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-08-18 14:45 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-14 07:13 -0700
Re: Is the Eternal September over J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-08-14 13:43 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2020-08-14 16:49 -0300
Re: Is the Eternal September over JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-08-14 15:50 -0500
Re: Is the Eternal September over Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2020-08-14 16:31 -0300
Re: Is the Eternal September over Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2020-08-14 01:40 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Rink <rink.hof.haalditmaarweg@planet.nl> - 2020-09-08 16:37 +0200
Re: Is the Eternal September over Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-09-08 14:42 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-09-08 15:42 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-09-08 11:56 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2020-09-08 19:23 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-09-08 15:47 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Rink <rink.hof.haalditmaarweg@planet.nl> - 2020-10-04 21:38 +0200
Re: Is the Eternal September over Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2020-09-09 18:28 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-08-10 15:33 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-08-10 17:16 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-12 14:40 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over "Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1> - 2020-08-14 11:22 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2020-08-31 23:17 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2020-09-01 01:19 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-09-01 04:40 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2020-09-01 20:21 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2020-09-01 01:55 -0300
Re: Is the Eternal September over Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2020-09-01 09:36 +0300
Re: Is the Eternal September over scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-08-10 15:30 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-08-11 17:47 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-11 11:26 -0700
Re: Is the Eternal September over Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-08-11 18:37 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-08-11 15:46 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-08-11 19:58 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-08-11 18:44 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-11 16:20 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2020-08-12 19:23 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-12 17:37 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-08-13 21:05 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-13 18:12 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-08-13 19:08 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2020-08-13 23:15 -0500
Re: Is the Eternal September over Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-14 07:13 -0700
Re: Is the Eternal September over J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-08-14 13:44 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-08-14 10:08 -0500
Re: Is the Eternal September over usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2020-08-14 03:42 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-14 06:25 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-08-14 18:18 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-14 15:57 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-08-14 21:01 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-23 16:54 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-08-11 21:34 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-08-11 19:56 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-08-11 19:13 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-08-11 22:53 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-08-11 19:17 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over "Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1> - 2020-08-12 07:01 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Jason Evans <jsevans@mailfence.com> - 2020-08-11 18:39 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-08-11 20:28 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over "Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1> - 2020-08-12 07:12 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-08-11 22:53 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-11 15:06 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2020-08-11 23:35 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2020-09-02 07:03 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-11 17:29 -0700
Re: Is the Eternal September over J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-08-11 20:30 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-11 21:44 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-08-11 21:50 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-08-12 06:50 -0400
Re: Is the Eternal September over Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-08-12 18:02 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-12 14:50 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-08-12 15:56 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-08-12 15:26 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Jason Evans <jsevans@mailfence.com> - 2020-08-12 15:41 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-08-12 17:47 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2020-09-02 07:03 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-09-02 09:41 +0100
Re: Is the Eternal September over Neodome Admin <admin@neodome.net> - 2020-09-06 01:02 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over Neodome Admin <admin@neodome.net> - 2020-09-06 01:02 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2020-09-08 02:29 +0000
Re: Is the Eternal September over lawrence <lawrenabe@abaluon.com> - 2020-08-12 14:59 -0500
Re: Is the Eternal September over Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2020-08-11 23:20 +0000
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| From | Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> |
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| Date | 2020-08-09 21:56 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <hpb9ocFe99U22@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #212622 |
On Sun, 09 Aug 2020 17:06:10 -0400, Dan Espen wrote: > The other day in my Internet travels I happened on a Scot, Janey Godley. > Pretty funny but hard to understand. Going off-thread a bit... For want of anything better to do, I;ve been watching old episodes of fly- on-the-wall programmes about Customs posts around the world. Mainly New Zealand and Australia, also occasionally England. Today I switched on and for the first time could not understand some of the people. Republic of Ireland! -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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| From | Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2020-08-09 15:30 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <1839269737.618704583.705564.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> |
| In reply to | #212623 |
Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> wrote: > On Sun, 09 Aug 2020 17:06:10 -0400, Dan Espen wrote: > >> The other day in my Internet travels I happened on a Scot, Janey Godley. >> Pretty funny but hard to understand. > > Going off-thread a bit... > > For want of anything better to do, I;ve been watching old episodes of fly- > on-the-wall programmes about Customs posts around the world. Mainly New > Zealand and Australia, also occasionally England. > > Today I switched on and for the first time could not understand some of > the people. Republic of Ireland! > I always get a chuckle about shows that have subtitles for “English” speakers. Some of them are pretty hard to understand. -- Pete
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| From | lawrence <lawrenabae@abaluon.abaom> |
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| Date | 2020-08-10 14:48 -0500 |
| Subject | UK / EU split (was Re: Is the Eternal September over) |
| Message-ID | <871rkez3i6.fsf_-_@cluon.com> |
| In reply to | #212619 |
Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> writes: >> >> As far as I can tell, the major issue is Brexit. >> I suppose they can get by without England, but it's a major setback. > > I think you mean "the UK". They might get Scotland back at some point, > though. > > https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/whats-difference-between- > england-britain-and-uk-180959558/ > > NOt half as much as it is a setback for the UK, though. It's like an amputation at the knee. It's definitely hard on the body, and it might kill you, but it's definitely going to be a bigger issue for the foot.
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| From | Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2020-08-10 13:05 -0700 |
| Subject | Re: UK / EU split (was Re: Is the Eternal September over) |
| Message-ID | <842505162.618782717.461106.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> |
| In reply to | #212641 |
lawrence <lawrenabae@abaluon.abaom> wrote: > Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> writes: >>> >>> As far as I can tell, the major issue is Brexit. >>> I suppose they can get by without England, but it's a major setback. >> >> I think you mean "the UK". They might get Scotland back at some point, >> though. >> >> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/whats-difference-between- >> england-britain-and-uk-180959558/ >> >> NOt half as much as it is a setback for the UK, though. > > > It's like an amputation at the knee. It's definitely hard on the body, > and it might kill you, but it's definitely going to be a bigger issue > for the foot. > > It’s not like they have the Empire to fall back on any more. -- Pete
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| From | J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2020-08-10 18:19 -0400 |
| Subject | Re: UK / EU split (was Re: Is the Eternal September over) |
| Message-ID | <tth3jfhkr3nqr0c7n9pon9ob831h193rgc@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #212642 |
On Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:05:52 -0700, Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote: >lawrence <lawrenabae@abaluon.abaom> wrote: >> Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> writes: >>>> >>>> As far as I can tell, the major issue is Brexit. >>>> I suppose they can get by without England, but it's a major setback. >>> >>> I think you mean "the UK". They might get Scotland back at some point, >>> though. >>> >>> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/whats-difference-between- >>> england-britain-and-uk-180959558/ >>> >>> NOt half as much as it is a setback for the UK, though. >> >> >> It's like an amputation at the knee. It's definitely hard on the body, >> and it might kill you, but it's definitely going to be a bigger issue >> for the foot. >> >> > >It’s not like they have the Empire to fall back on any more. And they sold most of what was left of their industry. I guess they're going to have to nationalize it again and watch it sink.
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| From | Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> |
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| Date | 2020-08-10 21:38 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: UK / EU split (was Re: Is the Eternal September over) |
| Message-ID | <20200810213838.1fab1c98a7dcd64344327806@eircom.net> |
| In reply to | #212641 |
On Mon, 10 Aug 2020 14:48:17 -0500 lawrence <lawrenabae@abaluon.abaom> wrote: > It's like an amputation at the knee. It's definitely hard on the body, > and it might kill you, but it's definitely going to be a bigger issue > for the foot. Not a bad analogy, especially since, as the saw is working through the bone, an infection has set in and spread pretty well everywhere causing far more problems for both body and foot than the bone saw which is still working away. I know which side of the cut I want to be on (and I'm on it). -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:\>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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| From | Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> |
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| Date | 2020-08-10 01:16 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <de1YG.1842549$imF1.1727493@fx15.am4> |
| In reply to | #212599 |
On 2020-08-09, J Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 09 Aug 2020 10:40:26 -0400, Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> writes: >> >>> On Sun, 09 Aug 2020 08:25:34 -0400, Dan Espen wrote: >>> >>>> Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> writes: >>>> >>>>> On Sat, 08 Aug 2020 18:53:03 -0500, Dave Garrett wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> In article <rgmj4m$tq3$1@dont-email.me>, dan1espen@gmail.com says... >>>>>> >>>>>>> No, definitely not over. >>>>>>> Any doubt in your mind? Head over to alt.home.repair. >>>>>> >>>>>> I gave up on alt.home.repair. Despite employing an aggressive >>>>>> killfile, the signal-to-noise ratio remained abysmal, primarily due to >>>>>> the gang of incurably loquacious knob-jockeys who would not budge from >>>>>> their apparent conviction that the name of the newsgroup was really >>>>>> alt.politics.home.repair. >>>>> >>>>> WE have the same problem with uk.d-i-y ... >>>> >>>> From what I've seen, the uk groups are even worse. >>>> A huge amount of name calling and stalking. >>>> Must be that British humor at work, or all the posters are drunk. >>> >>> No, the Brexiteers are foaming at the mouth... >> >>A damn shame, the EU looks like a very good thing to me. >>Hopefully a way of ending centuries of European conflict >>and putting the EU on an even basis with the US. >>Now if we could get a South American and an African union >>going. >> >>I suppose Usenet, but more important the Internet can eventually end >>the curse of the Tower of Babel. > > My impression is that the problem with the EU is not with the concept > but with the execution. Problem is that they became political union instead of economic union.. sure way or disaster... -- current job title: senior software engineer skills: c++,c,rust,go,nim,haskell... press any key to continue or any other to quit... U ničemu ja ne uživam kao u svom statusu INVALIDA -- Zli Zec Svi smo svedoci - oko 3 godine intenzivne propagande je dovoljno da jedan narod poludi -- Zli Zec Na divljem zapadu i nije bilo tako puno nasilja, upravo zato jer su svi bili naoruzani. -- Mladen Gogala
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| From | Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2020-08-09 10:07 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <1383890015.618684324.110094.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> |
| In reply to | #212597 |
Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> wrote: > Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> writes: > >> On Sun, 09 Aug 2020 08:25:34 -0400, Dan Espen wrote: >> >>> Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> writes: >>> >>>> On Sat, 08 Aug 2020 18:53:03 -0500, Dave Garrett wrote: >>>> >>>>> In article <rgmj4m$tq3$1@dont-email.me>, dan1espen@gmail.com says... >>>>> >>>>>> No, definitely not over. >>>>>> Any doubt in your mind? Head over to alt.home.repair. >>>>> >>>>> I gave up on alt.home.repair. Despite employing an aggressive >>>>> killfile, the signal-to-noise ratio remained abysmal, primarily due to >>>>> the gang of incurably loquacious knob-jockeys who would not budge from >>>>> their apparent conviction that the name of the newsgroup was really >>>>> alt.politics.home.repair. >>>> >>>> WE have the same problem with uk.d-i-y ... >>> >>> From what I've seen, the uk groups are even worse. >>> A huge amount of name calling and stalking. >>> Must be that British humor at work, or all the posters are drunk. >> >> No, the Brexiteers are foaming at the mouth... > > A damn shame, the EU looks like a very good thing to me. > Hopefully a way of ending centuries of European conflict > and putting the EU on an even basis with the US. > Now if we could get a South American and an African union > going. > > I suppose Usenet, but more important the Internet can eventually end > the curse of the Tower of Babel. > At one point I thought a closer union of English-speaking countries would be good - of course now no one wants to have anything to do with us, we’re an international pariah. Something like the “five eyes”: US, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand? -- Pete
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| From | Andreas Eder <a_eder_muc@web.de> |
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| Date | 2020-08-13 09:57 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <874kp7q8q4.fsf@eder.anydns.info> |
| In reply to | #212597 |
On So 09 Aug 2020 at 10:40, Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> wrote: > I suppose Usenet, but more important the Internet can eventually end > the curse of the Tower of Babel. It is not a curse. It is more of a blessing. I like the diofferent languages. 'Andreas
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| From | Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2020-08-13 08:01 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <rh3a2m$mru$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #212717 |
Andreas Eder <a_eder_muc@web.de> writes: > On So 09 Aug 2020 at 10:40, Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I suppose Usenet, but more important the Internet can eventually end >> the curse of the Tower of Babel. > > It is not a curse. It is more of a blessing. > I like the diofferent languages. A blessing? 3 days later, and the only reason you can come up with that it's a blessing is that you like different languages? I'm curious, why do you like not being able to communicate with others? Or do you just like the intellectual challenge of being able to learn the few languages that you know? The original bible story has stood for the last 2000 years as an parable of a curse imposed on humanity. That's been pretty much unquestioned. There is an intelligence sharing organization called the Five Eyes consisting of the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. These 5 countries trust each other more than they trust other major powers like Germany and France. They all have something in common and I don't mean their skin color. Periodically in the USA we have the more paranoid among us wanting to pass laws to make English the countries "official" language. There's a huge economic cost to having to cope with all the different languages in the world. We have instruction manuals 5 times larger than they have to be in tiny print because they try to serve customers that can't understand a common language. We have translators hired so that business people and politicians can attempt to understand each other. Great ideas in written works can't reach people unless they are translated to other languages. I know I won't see it in the time I have left to live but someday we'll all understand each other a little better and a common language will help that along, and the Internet will contribute to that happening. -- Dan Espen
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| From | Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> |
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| Date | 2020-08-13 14:33 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <hpl199Fdre8U1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #212721 |
On 2020-08-13, Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 3 days later, and the only reason you can come up with that it's a
> blessing is that you like different languages? I'm curious, why
> do you like not being able to communicate with others? Or do you just
> like the intellectual challenge of being able to learn the few languages
> that you know?
Are there drawbacks to the wide variety of languages found in the world
today? Certainly.
However, a language is part of the culture using it, and reflects that
culture in various ways. Removing a language loses us this cultural
signature, essentially destroying information. I think that would be
unfortunate.
The present order of things, with English as the lingua franca (amusing,
since that means 'French language'), appears to work tolerably. Younger
people seem to have a decent command of English in lots of different
places.
Niklas
--
Not as in "I have a better offer, do what I say", but simply "I'll
resign if you don't do what I say". I didn't want them to beat a
price, I wanted them to beat the people causing problems.
-- Joe Thompson
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| From | Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2020-08-13 10:46 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <rh3jp0$7q2$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #212725 |
Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> writes: > On 2020-08-13, Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 3 days later, and the only reason you can come up with that it's a >> blessing is that you like different languages? I'm curious, why >> do you like not being able to communicate with others? Or do you just >> like the intellectual challenge of being able to learn the few languages >> that you know? > > Are there drawbacks to the wide variety of languages found in the world > today? Certainly. > > However, a language is part of the culture using it, and reflects that > culture in various ways. Removing a language loses us this cultural > signature, essentially destroying information. I think that would be > unfortunate. > > The present order of things, with English as the lingua franca (amusing, > since that means 'French language'), appears to work tolerably. Younger > people seem to have a decent command of English in lots of different > places. Sorry, but I believe that "diversity" argument is weak and counter productive. Years ago, my employer did one of those diversity training things. The speaker went on at length about the beauty of jive talk. Showing how 3 words could express a multitude of ideas depending on the inflection. I think it was "she be gone". Seemed like a bunch of nonsense to me. Speaking clearly and saying what you mean is the way to go. If your language has a unique way of expressing an idea, incorporate it into English (as we've done so often before). There's no reason for anything of value to be lost. -- Dan Espen
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| From | Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> |
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| Date | 2020-08-13 10:40 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <rh3mu0$663$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #212726 |
On 8/13/2020 9:46 AM, Dan Espen wrote: > Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> writes: > >> On 2020-08-13, Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> 3 days later, and the only reason you can come up with that it's a >>> blessing is that you like different languages? I'm curious, why >>> do you like not being able to communicate with others? Or do you just >>> like the intellectual challenge of being able to learn the few languages >>> that you know? >> >> Are there drawbacks to the wide variety of languages found in the world >> today? Certainly. >> >> However, a language is part of the culture using it, and reflects that >> culture in various ways. Removing a language loses us this cultural >> signature, essentially destroying information. I think that would be >> unfortunate. >> >> The present order of things, with English as the lingua franca (amusing, >> since that means 'French language'), appears to work tolerably. Younger >> people seem to have a decent command of English in lots of different >> places. > > Sorry, but I believe that "diversity" argument is weak > and counter productive. > > Years ago, my employer did one of those diversity training > things. The speaker went on at length about the beauty of > jive talk. Showing how 3 words could express a multitude of > ideas depending on the inflection. I think it was "she be gone". > Seemed like a bunch of nonsense to me. > Speaking clearly and saying what you mean is the way to go. > > If your language has a unique way of expressing an idea, > incorporate it into English (as we've done so often before). > There's no reason for anything of value to be lost. > If your argument is for standardization, I trust you'd be ok with the common language being Mandarin Chinese? It's the native language of 12% of the world's population (17% if you include all the various dialects), as opposed to 5% for English. Me, I'm too old to learn Chinese, so everybody should learn the language I already know.
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| From | Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2020-08-13 11:49 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <rh3ndi$87o$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #212727 |
Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> writes: > On 8/13/2020 9:46 AM, Dan Espen wrote: >> Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> writes: >> >>> On 2020-08-13, Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> 3 days later, and the only reason you can come up with that it's a >>>> blessing is that you like different languages? I'm curious, why >>>> do you like not being able to communicate with others? Or do you just >>>> like the intellectual challenge of being able to learn the few languages >>>> that you know? >>> >>> Are there drawbacks to the wide variety of languages found in the world >>> today? Certainly. >>> >>> However, a language is part of the culture using it, and reflects that >>> culture in various ways. Removing a language loses us this cultural >>> signature, essentially destroying information. I think that would be >>> unfortunate. >>> >>> The present order of things, with English as the lingua franca (amusing, >>> since that means 'French language'), appears to work tolerably. Younger >>> people seem to have a decent command of English in lots of different >>> places. >> >> Sorry, but I believe that "diversity" argument is weak >> and counter productive. >> >> Years ago, my employer did one of those diversity training >> things. The speaker went on at length about the beauty of >> jive talk. Showing how 3 words could express a multitude of >> ideas depending on the inflection. I think it was "she be gone". >> Seemed like a bunch of nonsense to me. >> Speaking clearly and saying what you mean is the way to go. >> >> If your language has a unique way of expressing an idea, >> incorporate it into English (as we've done so often before). >> There's no reason for anything of value to be lost. >> > > If your argument is for standardization, I trust you'd be ok with the > common language being Mandarin Chinese? It's the native language of > 12% of the world's population (17% if you include all the various > dialects), as opposed to 5% for English. > > Me, I'm too old to learn Chinese, so everybody should learn the > language I already know. I don't think that's going to happen. First I'd want to see an phonetic alphabet come into common usage, but if that's what it takes to lift the curse, so be it. No, I am not trying to push English just because I speak it. -- Dan Espen
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| From | gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2020-08-13 17:24 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <rh3pfg$lh5$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #212728 |
On 13/08/2020 16:49, Dan Espen wrote: > First I'd want to see an phonetic alphabet come into common usage, Cymraeg.
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| From | "Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1> |
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| Date | 2020-08-14 11:05 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <XnsAC197AF92EA5admin127001@144.76.35.198> |
| In reply to | #212729 |
On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 16:24:15 GMT, gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> wrote: > On 13/08/2020 16:49, Dan Espen wrote: >> First I'd want to see an phonetic alphabet come into common usage, > > Cymraeg. > > y? -- Bah, and indeed, Humbug.
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| From | Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2020-08-13 09:53 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <1481811311.619029392.611758.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> |
| In reply to | #212728 |
Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> wrote: > Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> writes: > >> On 8/13/2020 9:46 AM, Dan Espen wrote: >>> Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> writes: >>> >>>> On 2020-08-13, Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> 3 days later, and the only reason you can come up with that it's a >>>>> blessing is that you like different languages? I'm curious, why >>>>> do you like not being able to communicate with others? Or do you just >>>>> like the intellectual challenge of being able to learn the few languages >>>>> that you know? >>>> >>>> Are there drawbacks to the wide variety of languages found in the world >>>> today? Certainly. >>>> >>>> However, a language is part of the culture using it, and reflects that >>>> culture in various ways. Removing a language loses us this cultural >>>> signature, essentially destroying information. I think that would be >>>> unfortunate. >>>> >>>> The present order of things, with English as the lingua franca (amusing, >>>> since that means 'French language'), appears to work tolerably. Younger >>>> people seem to have a decent command of English in lots of different >>>> places. >>> >>> Sorry, but I believe that "diversity" argument is weak >>> and counter productive. >>> >>> Years ago, my employer did one of those diversity training >>> things. The speaker went on at length about the beauty of >>> jive talk. Showing how 3 words could express a multitude of >>> ideas depending on the inflection. I think it was "she be gone". >>> Seemed like a bunch of nonsense to me. >>> Speaking clearly and saying what you mean is the way to go. >>> >>> If your language has a unique way of expressing an idea, >>> incorporate it into English (as we've done so often before). >>> There's no reason for anything of value to be lost. >>> >> >> If your argument is for standardization, I trust you'd be ok with the >> common language being Mandarin Chinese? It's the native language of >> 12% of the world's population (17% if you include all the various >> dialects), as opposed to 5% for English. >> >> Me, I'm too old to learn Chinese, so everybody should learn the >> language I already know. > > I don't think that's going to happen. > First I'd want to see an phonetic alphabet come into common usage, > but if that's what it takes to lift the curse, so be it. > This has it’s own problems. When Turkey changed from Arabic Script to a variant of the roman alphabet much of their literature and history gradually became unreadable without a special effort on the part of native Turkish speakers. Not to say it wasn’t a smart long-term move, but it wasn’t pain-free. -- Pete
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| From | Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> |
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| Date | 2020-08-13 17:04 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <hpla40Ffh6fU2@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #212732 |
On 2020-08-13, Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote: > Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I don't think that's going to happen. >> First I'd want to see an phonetic alphabet come into common usage, >> but if that's what it takes to lift the curse, so be it. >> > > This has it’s own problems. When Turkey changed from Arabic Script to a > variant of the roman alphabet much of their literature and history > gradually became unreadable without a special effort on the part of native > Turkish speakers. Not to say it wasn’t a smart long-term move, but it > wasn’t pain-free. That's also a very good point. History matters. Niklas -- When being picked up against their will by larger creatures, cats and human children share not only the ability to temporarily sprout extra limbs and perform incredible acts of contortionism, but also to temporarily increase their weight.
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| From | John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> |
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| Date | 2020-08-13 22:57 +0000 |
| Subject | Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over |
| Message-ID | <rh4ghc$2777$2@gal.iecc.com> |
| In reply to | #212728 |
In article <rh3ndi$87o$1@dont-email.me>, Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> wrote: >> If your argument is for standardization, I trust you'd be ok with the >> common language being Mandarin Chinese? It's the native language of >> 12% of the world's population (17% if you include all the various >> dialects), as opposed to 5% for English. >> >> Me, I'm too old to learn Chinese, so everybody should learn the >> language I already know. > >I don't think that's going to happen. >First I'd want to see an phonetic alphabet come into common usage, >but if that's what it takes to lift the curse, so be it. Don't be ridiculous. One of the great advantages of written Chinese is that it is a common language for over a billion people with very different spoken languages (as different as French and Portuguese, I hear.) A large part of it is also common with Japanese kanji. Anyway, there is a common phonetic alphabet for Mandarin called pinyin. That's how you type Chinese into your computer or phone. -- Regards, John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly
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| From | Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2020-08-13 17:12 -0700 |
| Subject | Re: The ideal Language, or Is the Eternal September over |
| Message-ID | <432023670.619056513.481192.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> |
| In reply to | #212755 |
John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote: > In article <rh3ndi$87o$1@dont-email.me>, > Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> wrote: >>> If your argument is for standardization, I trust you'd be ok with the >>> common language being Mandarin Chinese? It's the native language of >>> 12% of the world's population (17% if you include all the various >>> dialects), as opposed to 5% for English. >>> >>> Me, I'm too old to learn Chinese, so everybody should learn the >>> language I already know. >> >> I don't think that's going to happen. >> First I'd want to see an phonetic alphabet come into common usage, >> but if that's what it takes to lift the curse, so be it. > > Don't be ridiculous. One of the great advantages of written Chinese is > that it is a common language for over a billion people with very > different spoken languages (as different as French and Portuguese, I > hear.) A large part of it is also common with Japanese kanji. > > Anyway, there is a common phonetic alphabet for Mandarin called > pinyin. That's how you type Chinese into your computer or phone. > is there an app that translates pinyin to glyphs? It seems do-able. -- Pete
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