jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend) (09/11/90)
In article <2138@wn1.sci.kun.nl> janhen@wn2.sci.kun.nl (Jan Hendrikx) writes: >People in the Netherlands generally speak Dutch, not German. That language >is spoken by our eastern neighbours. How recently did they become "neighbors"? :-) (Referring to the U.S. connotations that "neighbor" is someone friendly.) -- J. Eric Townsend -- University of Houston Dept. of Mathematics (713) 749-2120 Internet: jet@uh.edu Bitnet: jet@UHOU Skate UNIX(r)
aduncan@rhea.trl.oz.au (Allan Duncan) (09/12/90)
From article <1990Sep11.003400.16632@lavaca.uh.edu>, by jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend): > In article <2138@wn1.sci.kun.nl> janhen@wn2.sci.kun.nl (Jan Hendrikx) writes: >>People in the Netherlands generally speak Dutch, not German. That language >>is spoken by our eastern neighbours. > > How recently did they become "neighbors"? :-) (Referring to the U.S. > connotations that "neighbor" is someone friendly.) Interesting how words change meaning when they move to the US :-) Here it means the same as the German gentleman used it - the peole next door. Anyway - I thought Dutch was also referred to as "Low German". Allan Duncan ACSnet a.duncan@trl.oz (03) 541 6708 ARPA a.duncan%trl.oz.au@uunet.uu.net UUCP {uunet,hplabs,ukc}!munnari!trl.oz!a.duncan Telecom Research Labs, PO Box 249, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia.
es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) (09/12/90)
In article <2206@trlluna.trl.oz> aduncan@rhea.trl.oz.au (Allan Duncan) writes: >From article <1990Sep11.003400.16632@lavaca.uh.edu>, by jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend): >> In article <2138@wn1.sci.kun.nl> janhen@wn2.sci.kun.nl (Jan Hendrikx) writes: >>>People in the Netherlands generally speak Dutch, not German. That language >>>is spoken by our eastern neighbours. >> >> How recently did they become "neighbors"? :-) (Referring to the U.S. >> connotations that "neighbor" is someone friendly.) > >Interesting how words change meaning when they move to the US :-) >Here it means the same as the German gentleman used it - the peole next >door. It's a beautiful day in the day in the neighborhood... Will you be my neighbor? I'm sorry, I had to! 8) (for those not familiar with Mr. Roger's Neighborhood, please just ignore this 8) -- Ethan Ethan Solomita: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu *Iraq += *Kuwait; NumCountries--; and by popular demand... free(Kuwait);