OT: Then and than [WAS: chroot to oldlinux...]

[Ric Moore]

On Tue, 2006-09-26 at 19:37 +0300, Gilboa Davara wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-09-26 at 17:17 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Tuesday 26 September 2006 04:31, Gilboa Davara wrote:
> > >
> > > In my defense, English is not my primary language 
> > 
> > It never ceases to amaze me how well people can communicate about technical 
> > issues in a language that is not their native language.  Mistakes sometimes, 
> > yes, but almost always understandable as a whole.  There are many people on 
> > most lists who *do* have English as their native language, but make as many 
> > mistakes.
> > 
> > I would feel extremely proud if I could communicate in any language other than 
> > English to the standard that many second-language people manage here.
> > 
> > Anne
> > -- 
> 
> Anne,
> 
> As much as I enjoy having my ego stroked (and God knows I do ;)), we (as
> in non-English-speaking citizens of the world) all live in an
> Internet-connected world that uses English, use computers which prefer
> English,  write software in English-based computer language(s) that's
> being sold to English speaking customers... we all hear English speaking
> music and watch English speaking movies.
> 
> In short, whether we like it or not, we require good English skills on a
> daily basis.
> 
> Never the less, thanks ;)
> - Gilboa

Where is your native country, Gilboa? Ric

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