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AuroraMSX
msx master
Posts: 1263 |  Posted: November 10 2005, 13:44 |
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| I always prefer to say '€ 15,-'. Instead of using euro(s), that is.
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That's the easiest and probably best solution 
(Heck, do you really say "Euro-sign space 15 comma dash"?  )
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| Heck, why do we have the latin+euro charset then, eh!
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Just for laughs. |
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dvik
msx master
Posts: 1343 | Posted: November 10 2005, 18:11 |
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| (Heck, do you really say "Euro-sign space 15 comma dash"? )
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Is this how all countries would write it? I'm curious since neither Sweden nor the US use euro (yet )
I also heared something interesting on a science program on the radio today. People that are using a simple language and using the right words at the right place are smarter than people that are trying to make it sound smart by using harder words or complex grammar. Since active voice is simpler and non-english speakers use passive voice it can only mean that native english speaking people are smarter than the rest of us |
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Tanni
msx addict
Posts: 303 | Posted: November 10 2005, 19:07 |
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AuroraMSX
msx master
Posts: 1263 | Posted: November 10 2005, 19:27 |
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| I also heared something interesting on a science program on the radio today. People that are using a simple language and using the right words at the right place are smarter than people that are trying to make it sound smart by using harder words or complex grammar.
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Erhm, I think you (or the program makers) are confusing cause and effect: smart people use simple language (so they can be sure that the listener can understand), whereas less intelligent people indeed try to sound smarter by being verbose.
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| Since active voice is simpler and non-english speakers use passive voice it can only mean that native english speaking people are smarter than the rest of us
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LOL  |
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pitpan
msx master
Posts: 1390 | Posted: November 10 2005, 20:05 |
By the way, AFAIK english, french, spanish and so on should be written starting with a capital letter: English, Spanish, French. And just for your information: Spain is the country, Spanish is the language and Spaniards are the people who live there.
Of course, I am talking about English from England. About elsewhere's English I know nothing.  |
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dvik
msx master
Posts: 1343 | Posted: November 10 2005, 20:17 |
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[D-Tail]
msx guru
Posts: 3020 | Posted: November 11 2005, 06:17 |
¿Habla usted español?  |
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bacterion
msx user
Posts: 42 | Posted: November 11 2005, 13:39 |
¿habla usted, español?
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Rikusu
msx professional
Posts: 958 | Posted: November 11 2005, 14:23 |
I think about every MSX user knows that Spanish phrase |
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Rikusu
msx professional
Posts: 958 | Posted: November 11 2005, 14:23 |
(I'd have written it without the comma as well, though ) |
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pitpan
msx master
Posts: 1390 | Posted: November 11 2005, 15:22 |
The comma changes the meaning of the whole sentence.
And in Spanish, the use of capital letters is somehow restricted.
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AuroraMSX
msx master
Posts: 1263 | Posted: November 11 2005, 16:03 |
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| The comma changes the meaning of the whole sentence.
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/me no habla español at all
So, what's the difference?
Similar to the difference between "Do you speak english?" (Do you master the language?)
and "Do you speak, english?" (Hey you, english [person], do you speak at all or are you mute?)
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[D-Tail]
msx guru
Posts: 3020 | Posted: November 11 2005, 16:24 |
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| ¿habla usted, español?
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No lo hablo. Maar ik spreek wel Nederlands. |
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bacterion
msx user
Posts: 42 | Posted: November 11 2005, 17:23 |
X-DDD
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