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- From: wlieftin@cs.vu.nl (Liefting W)
- Subject: Re: Bots, WarBots, Fun?
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- Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam
- References: <1992Nov18.101940.24951@ugle.unit.no> <1992Nov18.123357.27764@ugle.unit.no> <1992Nov18.174056.5354@ugle.unit.no>
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 09:15:47 GMT
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- jardar@swix.ifi.unit.no (Jardar Eggesboe Abrahamsen) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Nov18.123357.27764@ugle.unit.no> gardabr@unix1 (Gard Eggesbo Abrahamsen) writes:
- >>Jardar Eggesboe Abrahamsen (jardar@swix.ifi.unit.no) wrote:
- >>: I ein artikkel her om dagen skriv herm@acme.etsu.edu:
- >>:
- >>: >Tala Engelska fo"r helvete!
- >>: >
- >>: >herm
- >>: >(sa"g NEJ till obevakade bots)
- >>:
- >>:
- >>: NEI TIL SPRAAKLEG IMPERIALISME!
- >>:
- >>: --
- >>: Jardar Eggesboe Abrahamsen "reduplikasjonsverb (fanst i gotisk,
- >>: jardar@swix.ifi.unit.no finst i gresk, restar i norroent)"
- >>: (Jardar Eggesboe Abrahamsen
- >>
- >>We are not talking about imperialism. We are talking about the fact that
- >>this discussion is world wide and the only common language the readers have
- >>is English.
- >>
- >>Gard
-
- >The only common language that the readers have is English because this is
- >in English. If this discussion were in German, all the readers would have
- >understood it, and their only common language would probably have been
- >German. It would of course have been a few other readers, but this only
- >demonstrates how random it all is. Language is power.
-
- >Die einzige gemeinsame Sprache der Leser ist Englisch, weil dies auf
- >Englisch ist. Wenn diese Diskussion auf Deutsch waere, wuerden alle Leser
- >sie verstehen, und ihre einzige gemeinsame Sprache wuerde Deutsch sein. Es
- >wuerden natuerlich einige andere Leser aein, aber dies demonstriert nur,
- >wie zufaellich alles ist. Sprache heisst Macht.
-
- Ok. Good point.
- And now move the further discussion to soc.culture.ESPERANTO or
- alt.uu.lang.ESPERANTO.misc please... :-)
-
- Wouter Liefting
- (IRC: BackPackr)
- wlieftin@cs.vu.nl
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