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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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Neil Bothwick |
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WORM: (n.) acronym for Write Once, Read Mangled. Used to describe a |
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normally-functioning computer disk of the very latest design. |
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