On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Christian Tismer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jack diederich wrote: > .. >> I think "fast talk" is a personal style or cultural thing and isn't >> related >> to geekiness. To cite two non-native English speakers (and >> python geeks) Christian Tismer is mile-a-minute and Alex Martelli never >> uses two words when one would do. The same spread applies to >> American speakers: Glyph Lefkowitz will talk you to death >> whereas Tim Peters (Buddhist author of "import this") would simply stab >> you and walk away. > > Mile-a-minute -- does that mean something fast, like that > fast-growing wheat? > While searching for a translation, I stumbled over this one :-) > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJHIACidds0
Exactly that, but with no Darth Vader, R2D2, or Luke Skywalker ;) > I never thought to be fast talking. Maybe I do it because I want > to hide that I'm no native speaker. Bad fault. Will try the > opposite at EuroPython, talking so slowly that I wake up from > the audience's snoring :-) I was thinking about beer-speech and not presentation-speech. I only go to friend's presentations to cheer when they do badly and Boo when they do well. I have bood you several times. > cheers - chris I missed you on the speaker's list. I am looking forward to seeing you again. And in such a remote location! (for this American, anyway), -Jack _______________________________________________ EuroPython mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython
