On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 09:21:01AM +0100, Liam Bedford wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 12:50:31AM +0100, Aidan Kehoe came forth with:
> >
> > Ar an 30u la de mi 9, scriobh Niall O Broin :
> >
> > #ifdef NIT_PICKING_LIKE_THE_PEDANT_I_AM
> >
> > > distinction between free and free - libre and gratis in French, or speech
> > ^^^^^^ that's `gratuit.'
> > #endif /* NIT_PICKING_LIKE_THE_PEDANT_I_AM */
> >
> <more nit_picking>
> They use gratis in belgium. And I think it was the belgian french, rather
> than the Belgian Flemish.
> </more nit_picking>
Language pollution, similar to the universal use of "merci" for thank you in
German (more or less) speaking Switzerland.
Niall
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