Re: [OT] British vs. American English (was Re: Wow, Evolution left me with eggs in my face)

[Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net>]

On 10/02/2011 12:31 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
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> From: Ralf Mardorf<ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net>
> To: Weaver<weaver@riseup.net>
> Subject: Re: [OT] British vs. American English (was Re: Wow, Evolution
> left me with eggs in my face)
> Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2011 06:14:15 +0200
>
> On Sun, 2011-10-02 at 10:51 +1000, Weaver wrote:
/snip/
> I suspect that it becomes default for OS is related to the two companies
> "Apfel" and "Winzigweich" that are from the USA. Germans learn British
> English, just for kids it's cool to use US English, but since it's not
> our native language, we're mixing both English + adding some German
> habits.
"Winzigweich?"  Come now!

Well, I suppose that;s no worse than M$.

--doug

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