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To: mylife
I have used an OS from Germany that gave you the options of English or American for language LOL

An important distinction. I was working at SHAPE and driving the roads in Belgium after hours. I saw in interesting billboard with French language. I stopped by the mini-mart outside of the cafeteria at SHAPE and grabbed an English-French dictionary. Tossed it in my backpack. After work, I pull the dictionary out at the hotel room and looked up the unfamiliar French word. The English equivalent was "bloke". Damn. British English, not American English. C'est la vie!

99 posted on 02/07/2022 12:01:11 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: Myrddin

I found the whole thing ridiculous. :)


101 posted on 02/07/2022 1:15:57 PM PST by mylife (Doreen caught me and Tish nekkid drinkin peach schnapps.... but she never squealed)
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