On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 12:31:27PM -0500, Allister MacLeod wrote: > On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 02:43:06PM +0100, René Clerc wrote: > > OT: in Holland, we have one dictionary which is authorative. Is > > there one authorative for the English language? > > I feel pretty confident in answering, "No," to that question. I > haven't studied languages in university or anything, but as far as I > know, the English language has been in a pretty constant state of flux > since its creation. the same happens with most languages. also the klingon language knows lots of variants. :-) well, in austria we have a proper "Austrian Dictonary", while for germany the so called "Duden" is authorative. if we would say "American English", "Australian English", "British English" etc. it was easier to understand, i suppose. you will know the same from the netherlands, where you have dutch, while there is also a proper language called flamish in one part of belgium - to most of us it would just be different variants of the same language. in the klingon empire you always have to know various dialects of klingon, as the "authorative" variant changes with the emperor - every clan speaks a different dialect. :-) in arab or chinese it's even worse. :-) but what has this to do with mutt (or with the learning curve, at least)? *grin* cheerio /pablo -- Pablo Hoertner | LONG LIVE THE RED PENGUIN AND THE http://www.redtux.at.tf/contact.html | SOCIALIST WORKERS' WORLD REVOLUTION!
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