rejection.report.txt Translation

[Glenn Steen]

On 19/05/06, mikea <mikea at mikea.ath.cx> wrote:
> On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 06:00:22PM -0500, Alex Neuman van der Hans wrote:
> > Julian Field wrote:
> > > Leonardo Helman wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >> I'm from argentina, so either way is ok with me
> > >>
> > >
> > > Get back to me when you have a translation that you all agree on (or
> > > as close to agreeing as you are likely to get).
> > > :-)
> > >
> >
> > This from a culture (English speakers) who spell knife with a "k" and
> > can't agree on spelling things like aluminium, realise, centre, and so
> > on... ;-)
>
> "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that
> English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on
> occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them
> unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."  -- James D. Nicoll

s/English/\$LANG/g;
I think this is actually built into the very concept of language as
such. Or perhaps one should say into humanity... Well, perhaps not the
beating-crap-out-of part, just the excessive "borrowing":-).

> But I still like MailScanner, and my bosses and users like what I can
> do with it.

CC.
>
> --
> Mike Andrews, W5EGO
> mikea at mikea.ath.cx
> Tired old sysadmin

Hm, CC to that too... I think:-)

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