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On Tuesday, 27 December 2016 20:36:36 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Tue, 27 Dec 2016 19:54:57 +0000, J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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> > Speaking of English. I always wonder which would be a better match for |
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> > someone who uses English mostly to deal with international friends and |
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> > computers. I am Dutch myself, which means it's officially a second |
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> > language for me. (Always wondered about that, as I speak several |
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> > languages and fluency is simply a matter of which I speak regularly). I |
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> > usually throw a dice to decide between US and UK whenever I get asked. |
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> As a native English speaking pedant, I would throw "a die" or "some dice" |
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> to decide, dice is the plural :P |
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So would I, fifty years ago. Not now though; that one's long since been |
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lost. |
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Regards, |
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Peter |