matoh@sssab.se (Mats Ohrman) (10/09/89)
BRIDGE@rcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (JOHN BRIDGE) writes: > P.S. to last comment. SCI. and AQUARIA transliterate correctly in ^Vetenskap ^Akvarium (swedish) Wissenschaft (german) >three of the four Scandanavian languages, German, and all the romance >languages. REC. and PETS do not and even might be confusing. Participants Rekreation^ ^Husdjur (swedish) >in this forum will be using English, but the association of REC and PETS >with aquariums may seem obscure to some not familiar with American >idiosynchrosies. No big deal, but its another point to consider. John In swedish, the name for "pets" is "husdjur", which means "houseanimal", i.e an animal you keep in your house. In swedish idiom, pets is quite compatible with aquarium fish. What this has to do with anything, I fail to understand. /* Flame ON */ The level of b*llsh*t and totally erroneous arguments seems constantly high in these discussions. Why don't we move news.groups to alt? It seems to be where it belongs, if you look at the quality. /* Flame OFF */ -- _ : matoh@sssab.se / Mats Ohrman, : {mcvax,munnari,uunet}!sunic!sssab!matoh Scandinavian System Support AB, : Phone: Nat. 013-11 16 60 Box 535, S-581 06 Linkoping, Sweden : Int. +46 13 11 16 60
BRIDGE@rcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (JOHN BRIDGE) (10/10/89)
Welcome to alt.aquaria, Mats. Do you keep fish? Cheers, John