] > ] > Grauw is exaggerating. For example both my parents do not speak English. ] And ] > ] > I know several other people in NL (and in Belgium) that do not speak ] English. ] > ] > But indeed, many people in NL do speak English as a second language. ] > ] ] > ] *sigh* okay almost everyone who actively uses an MSX computer can speak or ] at ] > ] least write English very well. What I meant to say that Dutch is spoken (or ] > ] written) quite well by most Dutch people. ] > ] > Perhaps in NL but certainly not in JP. I have met several MSX freaks there ] > and only very few of them understoon some English. But I was fortunate enough ] > to be at the MSX meeting there together with Bernard, who could translate ] > very well :-)) ] ] oh my, I made TWO mistakes! ] first of all, I meant to be rather specific, so I was actually talking about ] 'every _dutch_ person who actively uses an MSX computer'. ] and second, ofcourse the dutch ppl should speak english. Actually, the original message flow was initiated by a complaint that so little information is coming from Japan. At least, in English. My theory about it was that not so many people in that country master English. Not even in the MSX scene. And you can see that the few Japanese MSX friends that do know some English really make an effort to communicate Japanese MSX news to the rest of the world. Like for example the english sections on the web page of Ghost. Or the MSX Print from Ikeda that we receive regularly. And yes, I agree that most higher educated people in NL from our generation do speak English as a second language. Kind regards, Alex Wulms -- Visit The MSX Plaza (http://www.inter.nl.net/users/A.P.Wulms) for info on XelaSoft, Merlasoft, Quadrivium, SD-Snatcher on fMSX, the MSX Hardware list, XSA Disk images, documentation, Japanese MSX news from Ikeda and lots more. -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
