Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 13:50:57 +0200 From: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSDCon East Message-ID: <v04220806b5137b59347a@[195.238.1.121]> In-Reply-To: <xzpya6qp2rq.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> 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>
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At 1:30 PM +0200 2000/4/7, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > It's only a problem if they didn't pay attention in class. Bar a few > exceptions, there are good ethymological reasons for most spellings, > and given a rudimentary knowledge of latin (which is complusory in > French schools) and a sufficient base of other words to compare with, > it shouldn't take more than a few seconds' thought to determine the > correct spelling of a word with which you're not yet familiar. So I have to learn Latin before I can learn French? I may be wrong, but I don't think they teach it that way in schools in France, and I know they don't teach it that way in schools here in Belgium -- although they do have a tri-lingual requirement for graduation, and most people end up taking their native language (Dutch or French) plus English and a third language (frequently the other major official language of the country, but not always). -- These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy ====================================================================== Brad Knowles, <blk@skynet.be> || Belgacom Skynet SA/NV Systems Architect, Mail/News/FTP/Proxy Admin || Rue Colonel Bourg, 124 Phone/Fax: +32-2-706.13.11/12.49 || B-1140 Brussels http://www.skynet.be || Belgium To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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