Hi Egon,
Languages are part of what is called culture, you remember?
Sometimes its time to take a peanut and find-out it was grown on
something bigger, and that thing was on something even bigger, and
bigger, and bigger, the world.
Paul
On Tue, 28 Mar 2000 16:52:57 +0200, you wrote:
Sorry for bothering those who are not interested in.
Rene, Please forgive me Fwding your email to the group.
Barry Ma
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From: Gert Gremmen [mailto:cet...@cetest.nl]
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Thank you, Thank you, and applause
Regards
:07:25 AM
Please respond to Barry Ma barry...@altavista.com
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cc: Lou Gnecco l...@tempest-inc.com (bcc: Rene Charton/TUV-Twn)
Subject: Re: modest proposal
Hi Lou,
There must be some day in the future, the artificial intelligence has been so
well developed that
(1
Jim,
Trust me, apart from providing a bit of humour, these translation programs
don't work worth a sheet. grin
Mind you, the original creator of Babel Fish does give you the correct
answer: 42.
BTW, from the ego-deflating department, the country with the most English
speaking people is
Ed,
Thanks. Here is my basic $0.02.
Most of time spent learning a foreign language is to remember vocabulary. This
is not a creative job. The most precious resource - our brain should be
gradually released from downloading burden.
Barry Ma
b...@anritsu.com
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From: Doug [SMTP:dmck...@gte.net]
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 7:11 PM
To: EMC-PSTC Discussion Group
Subject: Re: modest proposal
I've heard efforts of a universal translator through
Java being worked on as we speak. You'll be able to
go to any website
As always . . . very well written, George.
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Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 11:20 AM
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Subject: Re: modest proposal
Martin,
Your post included the following:
* We, the ugly
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Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 6:20 PM
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Subject: Re: modest proposal
Martin,
Your post included the following
Martin,
Your post included the following:
* We, the ugly Americans, want the world to conform
to our native language. We're too lazy, stubborn,
and arrogant to learn another language.
You may be partially right, but I believe there is a
much simpler explanation. It is human nature to do
As perhaps the only member of this list
who works for a publishing company, let
me explain why a designed language
won't work.
* We, the ugly Americans, want the
world to conform to our native language.
We're too lazy, stubborn, and arrogant
to learn another language.
* A designed
This is really becoming a completely pointless discussion.
Most of the people on this forum appear to be native English speakers. In
my experience, native English speakers have absolutely no motivation or
desire to learn any other language. Furthermore, a large percentage of the
allegedly
I've heard efforts of a universal translator through
Java being worked on as we speak. You'll be able to
go to any website written in any language and see it
in your default language. I only hope they fix the
little language snafus that crop up. And perhaps the
death of having to learn
From: Barry Ma
There must be some day in the future, the artificial intelligence has been
so well developed that
(1) An instant interpreting machine built-in to your PC
. or brain. Remember, you need to meet class B limits though :-))
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From: Paul Rampelbergh [SMTP:rampelberg...@swing.be]
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 3:24 PM
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Subject: Re: modest proposal
Hi there,
A little bit behind the subject, i take the opportunity to express my
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Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 3:24 PM
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Subject: Re: modest proposal
Hi there,
A little bit behind the subject, i take the opportunity to express my
opinion in general on english and at the end a NEW proposal (maybe).
I'm from
Hi Lou,
There must be some day in the future, the artificial intelligence has been so
well developed that
(1) An instant interpreting machine built-in to your PC would automatically
transfer any language you input (either typed or voiced) to any languages the
other party would like to have.
I'll buy into this when all people who speak a common language get along
with each other...
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From: Muriel Bittencourt de Liz mur...@grucad.ufsc.br
To: EMC-PSTC List emc-p...@ieee.org
Cc: Lou Gnecco l...@tempest-inc.com
Subject: Re: modest proposal
Date: Mon, Mar 27, 2000, 9:24 AM
(word) and then its abbreviated equivalent.
Final modest proposal for a solution (maybe):
I suggest to use hieroglyphics in stead of abbreviations, its more
image speaking and universal for everybody but i'm afraid it will
require an extra language on my computer. Hey Mr MicroSoft!
Consider
: Muriel Bittencourt de Liz [SMTP:mur...@grucad.ufsc.br]
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 12:25 PM
To: EMC-PSTC List
Cc: Lou Gnecco
Subject:Re: modest proposal
Group,
I think this discussion of language is very important. Why? I'll
: A modest proposal.
Well said.
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From: Grant, Tania (Tania) tgr...@lucent.com
To: emc-p...@ieee.org, 'Lou Gnecco' l...@tempest-inc.com
Subject: RE: A modest proposal.
Date: Sun, Mar 26, 2000, 4:32 PM
Lou,
Esperanto (the language) had international backing. Where
Group,
I think this discussion of language is very important. Why? I'll speak
for myself...
During the last centuries/years, most of the third-world or
developing countries (as you prefer) has adopted the idea of buying
technologies instead of developing its own. Together with that, has
come
/Bos/Teradyne)
Subject: Re: A modest proposal.
More on BASIC English, etc:
_The Oxford Companion to the English Language_ (ISBN 0-19-214123-X) has
entries about BASIC English, Airspeak (ICAO English), Seaspeak and
restricted vocabulary English. Things in modern usage we old f*rts might
object
.
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From: Lou Gnecco [mailto:l...@tempest-inc.com]
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2000 20:54
To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Subject: modest proposal
To all who replied:
Thanks for the quick and hearty responses!
I certainly agree that the world does not need
Hi all,
that's the world we live in. Like it or not, English is the de-facto
international language, especially in the technical/scientific community.
I personally enjoy participating in this forum mostly for its invaluable
technical contents but I also find it a very useful tool for improving
: A modest proposal.
Group:
Having subscribed to this group for over a year now, I am really
impressed by how easily we hold technical bull sessions with emc
engineers from all over the world. This is a fabulous service of the ieee.
There is only one problem with it: ya gotta speak
More on BASIC English, etc:
_The Oxford Companion to the English Language_ (ISBN 0-19-214123-X) has
entries about BASIC English, Airspeak (ICAO English), Seaspeak and
restricted vocabulary English. Things in modern usage we old f*rts might
object to are hardly addressed by these abbreviated
Well said.
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From: Grant, Tania (Tania) tgr...@lucent.com
To: emc-p...@ieee.org, 'Lou Gnecco' l...@tempest-inc.com
Subject: RE: A modest proposal.
Date: Sun, Mar 26, 2000, 4:32 PM
Lou,
Esperanto (the language) had international backing. Where is it now? Who
is using
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Group:
Having subscribed to this group for over a year now, I am really
impressed by how easily we hold technical bull sessions with emc
engineers from all over the world. This is a fabulous service of the ieee.
There is only one problem with it: ya gotta speak english.
If an
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