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From: Wol's lists <antlists@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] A little help for non-native English speakers
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2018 00:19:21
Message-Id: eb7d46af-7eae-a6e5-568b-5660f6cd7f9d@youngman.org.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] A little help for non-native English speakers by Jack
1 On 02/02/18 00:08, Jack wrote:
2 >
3 > >> "eg", which, phonetically, is the start of the word "example".
4 > >
5 > > A non-native speaker of English, or a non-native speaker of Latin?
6
7 And Latin's descendants (which are mutually comprehensible) are actually
8 the most widely spoken first language in Europe. I always thought Europe
9 should adopt Modern Latin (however you care to define it) as its main
10 official language.
11
12 (Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian put together are very similar and are
13 larger than any other grouping of similar European language, excluding
14 perhaps Russian which is spoken mostly by non-EU nationals.)
15
16 Cheers,
17 Wol

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] A little help for non-native English speakers Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>