Re: OT: Re: VMs: NEW SCIENTIST 11/2001 ZANDONELLA

[ajb <ajb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <20050412083525.19029.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Rene
Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx> writes
>
>--- Jacques Guy <jguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> My favourite:
>> 
>> mahasiswa mahasiswa, mahasiswi mahasiswi...
>> 
>> In French: "Étudiants, étudiantes..."
>
>Indonesian, wasn't it? I remember reading that
>in the East the tendency would be to address men
>before women, whereas here one would prefer
>'Ladies and Gentlemen', 'Mesdames et Messieurs'.
>
>> Yes, just like De Gaulle used to say: "Français,
>> françaises..."
>
>So there goes that theory (?) or perhaps it is
>more subtle, more complicated, e.g. the order
>changes when national feelings are evoked.
>
>Cheers, Rene
>


"Words, words, words..."

All Ham, of course....

TTFN

Anthony


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