Re: Little jpgs (eg. union jack) Where got?
JRS: In article <pan.2004.09.30 .20.29.57.20241 7@tobyinkster.c o.uk>,
dated Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:30:00, seen in news:comp.infos ystems.www.autho
ring.html, Toby Inkster <usenet200409@t obyinkster.co.u k> posted :[color=blue]
>Dr John Stockton wrote:
>[color=green]
>> I believe that, if a site has no Portuguese version, they'd generally
>> be willing to try Spanish.[/color][/color]
Confirmed for me, in essence, by [Lord] Melvyn Bragg, an author.
[color=blue]
>Spanish? That's as much a language as "Chinese" or "Indian".
>
>There are several languages that might be described as "Spanish",
>including Castillian, Catalan, Gallego, Bable and Basque (though Bable is
>about as widespread in Spain as Cornish is in England). These are all
>romance languages, derived directly from Latin, except Basque which
>doesn't appear to be even remotely related to any other modern languages.[/color]
You should have no trouble finding a dictionary calling itself a Spanish
or Spanish-English dictionary in a reasonable library or bookshop; that
is the language to which I refer. Dictionaries describing themselves as
those others are harder to find in England.
--
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JRS: In article <pan.2004.09.30 .20.29.57.20241 7@tobyinkster.c o.uk>,
dated Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:30:00, seen in news:comp.infos ystems.www.autho
ring.html, Toby Inkster <usenet200409@t obyinkster.co.u k> posted :[color=blue]
>Dr John Stockton wrote:
>[color=green]
>> I believe that, if a site has no Portuguese version, they'd generally
>> be willing to try Spanish.[/color][/color]
Confirmed for me, in essence, by [Lord] Melvyn Bragg, an author.
[color=blue]
>Spanish? That's as much a language as "Chinese" or "Indian".
>
>There are several languages that might be described as "Spanish",
>including Castillian, Catalan, Gallego, Bable and Basque (though Bable is
>about as widespread in Spain as Cornish is in England). These are all
>romance languages, derived directly from Latin, except Basque which
>doesn't appear to be even remotely related to any other modern languages.[/color]
You should have no trouble finding a dictionary calling itself a Spanish
or Spanish-English dictionary in a reasonable library or bookshop; that
is the language to which I refer. Dictionaries describing themselves as
those others are harder to find in England.
--
© John Stockton, Surrey, UK. ?@merlyn.demon. co.uk DOS 3.3, 6.20; Win98. ©
Web <URL:http://www.merlyn.demo n.co.uk/> - FAQqish topics, acronyms & links.
PAS EXE TXT ZIP via <URL:http://www.merlyn.demo n.co.uk/programs/00index.htm>
My DOS <URL:http://www.merlyn.demo n.co.uk/batfiles.htm> - also batprogs.htm.
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