Interesting read about the future of Ubuntu

Billie Walsh bilwalsh at swbell.net
Mon Dec 27 04:14:28 UTC 2010


On 12/26/2010 08:07 PM, Goh Lip wrote:
> Since this thread has quite (somewhat) gone OT, I am quite (very) sure you
> guys wont' mind, I've find the word 'quite' quite (rather) confusing. As a
> non-native english speaker, there are words with multiple meanings, or
> double entendres, which is quite (very) alright; but to have a word with
> contradictory meanings is quite (somewhat) unacceptable, because I'll have
> to guess in which context it was intended for. (Never end sentence with
> preposition? - then .....intended for, guys.:)  and "Never start a
> sentence with 'never'?"  ha ha ha)
>
>
> Regards - Goh Lip

There is no such thing as "English Language". Only the hundreds of forms 
of speech spoken by "english speaking people" around the world. 
"English" is a polyglot.

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