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From: Jack <ostroffjh@×××××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] A little help for non-native English speakers
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 00:08:57
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In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] A little help for non-native English speakers by Grant Edwards
1 On 2018.02.01 18:34, Grant Edwards wrote:
2 > On 2018-02-01, Jack <ostroffjh@×××××××××××××××××.net> wrote:
3 > > On 2018.02.01 17:52, Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
4 > > [snip...]
5 > >> PS.: As a non-native, I always found e.g. and i.e. easy to keep
6 > apart
7 > >> because when you say "e.g." as a word without the dots, it becomes
8 > >> "eg", which, phonetically, is the start of the word "example".
9 > >
10 > > A non-native speaker of English, or a non-native speaker of Latin?
11 >
12 > Are there any native speakers of Latin?
13
14 Not any more, that I know of, but I believe it some residents of
15 Vatican City might come close, or at least be extremely fluent.
16
17 Jack

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