On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:17:42 +0100, Lisi wrote: > On Friday 01 April 2011 10:05:54 Liam O'Toole wrote:
>> >> I guess it is a joke. >> > >> > 04/01/11 ! >> >> What does the 4th of January have to do with it??!!!! > > Perhaps on an international list we should say the month names as Liam > has here. Otherwise one is playing guessing games to work out the > upbringing of any writer who uses an ambiguous form for the date. In > this case the context made guessing easy, but that is rarely the case. Not only date format can be a problem but its full meaning, as not every country is aware of this "special day". Here in Spain we celebrate it on December 28th instead. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day#Other_prank_days_in_the_world Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
