Bobby, Amen, I was that way working in Monterrey , Mexico. My Spanish after awhile came back
Scott ford www.identityforge.com Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand. - Chinese Proverb On Jan 16, 2013, at 10:20 AM, "Herring, Bobby" <[email protected]> wrote: > Same here in Texas. I never took Spanish in school but people that did tell > me the Mexicans around here can't understand them when they speak > "laboratory" Spanish. > > Bobby Herring > Texas Farm Bureau Insurance > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Scott Ford > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 8:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Passing of Chris Mason reported > > John, > > I never took Latin, I took Spanish and then ended up working in Mexico. > I learned the Spanish dialect where I was working. The same was true when i > was transferred to Switzerland and learned French, Swiss French was a tad > different than French French. > > Scott ford > www.identityforge.com > > Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll > understand. - Chinese Proverb > > > On Jan 16, 2013, at 7:26 AM, John Gilmore <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Chris, >> >> There is no sin in being a Latin dropout or indeed in never having >> dropped in on, say, egyptology. Both can be compelling when well >> taught; and they are of course boring when--as is too often, even >> usually, the case--they are badly taught. We are long past the time >> when Ben Jonson could put Shakespeare down for his "small Latin and >> less Greek". >> >> These things said, a knowledge of the classical languages can also be >> practically useful and give great pleasure. >> >> Expectations are different in different contexts. There is a story >> about Robert Oppenheimer's response to a complaint from one of his >> Ph.D. candidates that the paper he had been asked to discuss in a >> journals seminar was written in Dutch. That response was, "But it's >> such easy Dutch!" >> >> John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send >> email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > WWW.TXFB-INS.COM > > CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The foregoing message (including attachments) is > covered by the Electronic Communication Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. sections > 2510-2521, and is CONFIDENTIAL. If you believe that it has been sent to you > in error, do not read it. If you are not the intended recipient, you are > hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying > of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the sender that > you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you. > > Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Companies received the highest score among auto > insurance providers in the Central Region in the proprietary J.D. Power and > Associates 2012 U.S. Auto Insurance Study(SM). Study based on 34,828 total > responses measuring 14 providers in the Central Region (AR; IA; KS; MN; MO; > NE; ND; OK; SD; TX) and measures opinions of consumers with their auto > insurance provider. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and > perceptions of consumers surveyed March - April 2012. Your experiences may > vary. Visit JDPower.com.. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
