I liked the web site mentioned earlier about the Latin grammar for Perl.
The description of word use in Latin was very interesting to me, as it
showed that a simple sentence could be correctly written/spoken several
different ways, and that word order was not as important as it is in
English.  It sounds a lot like description of Slovak I've gotten from some
relatives.

On the subject of "gezellig" - sounds a bit like "familiar", with elements
of "comfortable" and "nostalgic" thrown in.

Bob Jarvis
Compuware @ Timken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Kay [mailto:Alan.Kay at squeakland.org]
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 11:50 AM
> To: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> Subject: RE: Toch weer antwoord: RE: Antwoord: Squeak
> Internationalization (vo orheen: Re: AW: AW: -- Whats this 
> 'AW:' mean?)
> 
> 
> Good point Bob --
> 
> English itself is a Creole (from various invasions, especially the 
> Norman Conquest), and I'm told by linguists that if not for this that 
> our language would be very much like Frieslandisch (a regional 
> dialect of Dutch).
> 
> So absorbing words from elsewhere is one of the reasons that English 
> thrives (including its very forgiving grammar (or almost lack of one 
> altogether)).
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Alan
> 
> ----At 11:30 AM -0500 2/4/02, Jarvis, Robert P. (Contingent) wrote:
> >  > From: G.J.Tielemans at dinkel.utwente.nl
> >>  I think that I even can remember one Dutch word that could
> >>  not be translated
> >>
> >>  in American English: gezellig.
> >
> >The obvious thing would be for English speakers to adopt 
> "gezellig" into the
> >language.  In that vein, can you give us some idea of what 
> "gezellig" means?
> >Does it have a counterpart in German or French?  (I'm not 
> trying to be a
> >smart-ass here, just trying to understand).
> >
> >Bob Jarvis
> >Compuware @ Timken
> >
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