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On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:18:30 , Jean-Luc CECCOLI <Jean-Luc.Ceccoli@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:08:05 , Martin Tarenskeen <m.tarenskeen@zonnet.nl> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 20 Aug 2010, Jean-Luc CECCOLI wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:42:02 , Martin Tarenskeen <m.tarenskeen@zonnet.nl> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Fri, 20 Aug 2010, Peter Slegg wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Is there an English rsc for the latest Toswin2 ?
> > >>
> > >> And why is not English the default language in the first place ?
> > >>
> > > Maybe because the coders native language is german ?
> > >
> >
> > Yes, I know. But the Germans in this mailinglist seem to read/write
> > English quite well. Even the French guys are trying to talk English here,
> > which is surprising if you know how much the French prefer their own
> > language  ;-)
> >
> Do you know much people who don't prefer their native language ? ;-)
> The most difficult, in fact, is the huge difference between the way
> you learn foreign languages at scholl and the way native people
> really speak it.:-(
> And, when technical terms come into it... :-(:-(
> And, when you get older and school is something you hardly can
> remember... :-(:-(:-(
> Moreover, I think there also is a huge difference between being able
> to speak a language, and being able to think as a native of it!
>
> J.-Luc
>

I take my hat off to everyones ability with English and being able to
read my strange use of it ;-)

I think there was a decision some years ago that English was the default
for Mint.

I have learned more German since I bought the Milan than I ever managed
at school.

Peter