Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [WAY OT] Parenthese

2010-08-21 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday 20 August 2010 21:14:00 Alan McKinnon wrote: > I've heard the argument and counter-arguments too. Thanks all for an entertaining discussion. Thanks also for not taking it too seriously. I'll subside now. -- Rgds Peter. Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [WAY OT] Parenthese

2010-08-20 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 21:32 on Friday 20 August 2010, Alex Schuster did opine thusly: > Wow, what's going on here? > > Alan McKinnon writes: > > Like Eskimo's with 20+ words for different kinds of snow. > > Say "snow" to any Eskimo, see what happens :-) > > Actually, they have only tw

[gentoo-user] Re: [WAY OT] Parenthese

2010-08-20 Thread Alex Schuster
Wow, what's going on here? Alan McKinnon writes: > Like Eskimo's with 20+ words for different kinds of snow. > Say "snow" to any Eskimo, see what happens :-) Actually, they have only two words for snow: qanik for falling snow and aput for lying snow. Wonko