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From: des hanging around for a while on 11 May 2010 13:42 On 11-05-2010, Higgins <the.best.names.are.gone(a)gmail.com> wrote: > des hanging around for a while wrote: > >> Countries like Belgium... manage quite nicely >> with more than one 'operational language'. >> > > Erm, no. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium> [1] 'Official language(s) Dutch, French, German' [1] usual disclaimers apply... -- des 'The Jews haven't attacked any Arab village, unless attacked first' (Ismayil Safwat, 'Palestinian' (sic) commander, March 1948)
From: Higgins on 11 May 2010 14:05 des hanging around for a while wrote: > On 11-05-2010, Higgins <the.best.names.are.gone(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> des hanging around for a while wrote: >> >>> Countries like Belgium... manage quite nicely >>> with more than one 'operational language'. >>> >> Erm, no. > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium> [1] > > 'Official language(s) Dutch, French, German' > > > [1] usual disclaimers apply... > Yes, I know that bit, I was thinking more of the "manage quite nicely" part. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/26/belgian-government-collapses-leterme-resigns "Bitter linguistic and constitutional dispute..."
From: des hanging around for a while on 11 May 2010 14:11 On 11-05-2010, Higgins <the.best.names.are.gone(a)gmail.com> wrote: > des hanging around for a while wrote: >> On 11-05-2010, Higgins <the.best.names.are.gone(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> des hanging around for a while wrote: >>> >>>> Countries like Belgium... manage quite nicely >>>> with more than one 'operational language'. >>>> >>> Erm, no. >> >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium> [1] >> >> 'Official language(s) Dutch, French, German' >> >> >> [1] usual disclaimers apply... >> > > Yes, I know that bit, I was thinking more of the "manage quite nicely" > part. > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/26/belgian-government-collapses-leterme-resigns > > "Bitter linguistic and constitutional dispute..." Ah, OK. Still, they bicker a lot, but it _is_ a successful 'liberal democracy' (as they say)... -- des 'The Jews haven't attacked any Arab village, unless attacked first' (Ismayil Safwat, 'Palestinian' (sic) commander, March 1948)
From: Champ on 11 May 2010 14:52 On Tue, 11 May 2010 18:59:14 +0200, Higgins <the.best.names.are.gone(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Thomas wrote: >>The temp gets >> over 100 a few days a year, but it's not uncomfortable, and it never >> freezes where I live. >That's my idea of hell You can take the boy out of Scotland... -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Champ on 11 May 2010 15:47
On Tue, 11 May 2010 20:24:18 +0100, Owen <pericles(a)ntlXXWorld.com> wrote: >Can I suggest we just KILL all extremists? Sure. Do you have a decent Extremist Detector? -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk |