On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 09:53 +0100, Daniel Carrera wrote: > On Tue, 2006-29-08 at 09:46 +0100, Ian Lynch wrote: > > Then there is pronunciation - Most English people pronounce route - > > root, most americans pronounce it rowt. > > /daniel finally understands why everyone here says "router" wrong ;-)
Yeah, its a rooter :-) > > It would certainly help the marketing effort for OOo in British English > > speaking countries because some people feel strongly about their > > language and cultural heritage so if nothing else it has a good chance > > of getting more committed active support into the project. > > Although Canada is not part of my "heritage" I do feel strongly about > being Canadian. It's a combination of things. I felt welcomed in Canada > (someone once said to me "Daniel, of all the countries in the world you > could have gone to, you chose Canada; I'm honoured"). So I built strong > feelings about Canada. Its a common mistake to try and motivate people through brute logic. Appealing to emotions is usually more successful - or highly counter-productive if you stir up anti-emotions. I just need to say one word in evidence. Microsoft ;-) Ian -- www.theINGOTS.org www.schoolforge.org.uk www.opendocumentfellowship.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
