Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 11:00:36 -0500 From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@asme.org> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSDCon East Message-ID: <38EF57A4.EAD77FE@asme.org> References: <20000404152346.01398@techunix.technion.ac.il> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004042145500.88181-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> <8cgj1a$313f$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de> <v04220805b511f7c7e2a6@[195.238.1.121]> <8cj1cg$1gse$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de> <xzpya6qp2rq.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <v04220806b5137b59347a@[195.238.1.121]> <xzpn1n5q1ny.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20000407102159.B8417@sofia.csl.sri.com> <38EE4C97.B9B83C7A@asme.org> <20000407143054.A9684@sofia.csl.sri.com> <3.0.6.32.20000407230743.00902b90@mail85.pair.com> <38EEB1C8.C6E74E87@asme.org> <004b01bfa120$683fcba0$62a293cb@timberwolf> <38EED20D.CFD7FBE@mail.ptd.net>
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OK, final round:
"French is for speaking to diplomats, Spanish is for speaking to God,
Italian is for speaking about love and German is for speaking to
animals."
I am not going to justify Charles Vth's claims, they were probably
related to the politics of the time, but my neighbors seem to believe
their dobberman understands German better than any other language.
Nowadays, most people associate French with love, Italian with food,
Spanish with poverty, and German with evil plots ...too much marketing I
guess. Also the german language doesn't seem as violent as the US movies
would make believe.
I don't speak German or French, but Italian is a language designed for
poetry and art. English is probably the easiest language to learn, and
if you know spanish you will understand most from the "romantic tongues"
.
Of course all these languages are a minority (in volume) compared to the
chinese dialects.
cheers,
Pedro.
"Thomas M. Sommers" wrote:
>
...
>
> I don't know Italian, either, but I think Chuck was saying that you use
> French to speak to diplomats, Spanish to speak to God, and German to
> speak to animals. He said it, not me.
>
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