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From: d4g4h4 on 5 Oct 2007 09:56 Erick T. Barkhuis <erick.use-net(a)ardane.c-o-m> wrote: > David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*): > > Martin <me(a)address.invalid> wrote: > > > > > David Horne: > > > > > > >Cathy L <lederer123(a)optonline.net> wrote: > > > > > > > >> David Horne: > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> >Depends on the context. If you're walking along a country path in the > > > >> >UK, it's customary to say hello to the people passing you. > > > >> > > > >> What, even if you don't speak English ?? > > > > > > > >Of course. > > > > > > 'Allo will do. > > > > Or Hi, or even just a grunt. :) > > Moin? In German, that's fine. French might give the wrong idea! :) -- (*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website "He can't be as stupid as he looks, but nevertheless he probably is quite a stupid man." Richard Dawkins on Pres. Bush"
From: Jens Arne Maennig on 5 Oct 2007 12:50 Cathy L wrote: > New Yorkers are the most > friendly people I have ever met A very homogenious bunch, indeed. Jens
From: Cathy L on 5 Oct 2007 14:13 On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:19:21 +0200, Martin <me(a)address.invalid> wrote: >On 4 Oct 2007 21:28:20 GMT, Jens Arne Maennig <maennig.0708(a)cricetus.com> wrote: > >>Martin wrote: >>> You should have written first. >> >>Caution! Adapting local customs could lead to breaking some of your >>precudices. > >I thought that the relatives owned a brewery. Did I dream that? That is on my husbands side. We had a really nice lunch at the Lederer Brewery in Nurenburg. Cathy
From: Cathy L on 5 Oct 2007 14:18 On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:01:09 +0200, Martin <me(a)address.invalid> wrote: >On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 12:52:00 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ >chancellor (*)) wrote: > >>Cathy L <lederer123(a)optonline.net> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 21:48:50 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, >>> _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >Depends on the context. If you're walking along a country path in the >>> >UK, it's customary to say hello to the people passing you. >>> >>> What, even if you don't speak English ?? >> >>Of course. > >'Allo will do. We did find it harder to understand people in England than other countries. Cathy
From: Jens Arne Maennig on 5 Oct 2007 14:38
Cathy L wrote: > We had a really nice lunch at the > LedererBrewery in Nurenburg. ...berg, sweetheart, no matter if its N�rn... or Nurem... Je"did I repeat myself?"ns |