norm.raphael@metso.com wrote:
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> "Richard B. Gilbert" wrote on 08/08/2007 02:38:13
> PM:
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>>norm.raphael@metso.com wrote:
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>>>
>>>Doug Phillips wrote on 08/08/2007 12:10:27 PM:
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>>>>On Aug 7, 3:53 pm, norm.raph...@metso.com wrote:
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>>>>>Doug Phillips wrote on 08/07/2007 04:15:30 PM:
>>>>>
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>>>>>[snip >8]
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>>>>>Aha! ...but that's illogical. No wonder folks are conflicted.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Makes you wonder why the HP folks have been so silent on this (and not
>>>>just here.) Seems like *someone* in-the-know would explain it if there
>>>>is an explanation. Do you suppose there's been just such a debate as
>>>>this going on internally? Is there a purge-gate cover-up conspiracy?
>>>>(and JF's door opens.) Or, does no one in HP see it as an issue
>>>>worth discussing?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>On fait ce q'on peut.
>>>
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>>As M once remarked, "This is not the Berlitz School of Languages".
>>Would you be so kind as to provide a "crib" for the monolingual among us?
>>
>
>
> Monolingual and semi-illiterate.
>
> Quote from Master of the Patna (IIRC) in Joseph Conrad's "Lord Jim"
> meaning "One does what one is able to do." or, loosely, "You do your best."
>
> (This from English, not French, literature. The captain happened to speak
> French.)
>

That's one that I was never required to read. The "literature" that I
was required to read was mostly so deadly dull that I was never moved to
read any non-required literature.

But I not only remember what M said, I also remember who he said it to!
Hint: it was not James Bond!

And actually I have a slight acquaintance with Spanish, German,
Japanese, and Turkish though I am not fluent in any of them.

For extra credit, what was M's full name and title?

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norm.raphael@metso.com writes:
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>
>
> "Richard B. Gilbert" wrote on 08/08/2007 02:38:13
> PM:
>
>> norm.raphael@metso.com wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > Doug Phillips wrote on 08/08/2007 12:10:27 PM:
>> >
>> >
>> >>On Aug 7, 3:53 pm, norm.raph...@metso.com wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>Doug Phillips wrote on 08/07/2007 04:15:30 PM:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>[snip >8]
>> >>>
>> >>>Aha! ...but that's illogical. No wonder folks are conflicted.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Makes you wonder why the HP folks have been so silent on this (and not
>> >>just here.) Seems like *someone* in-the-know would explain it if there
>> >>is an explanation. Do you suppose there's been just such a debate as
>> >>this going on internally? Is there a purge-gate cover-up conspiracy?
>> >>(and JF's door opens.) Or, does no one in HP see it as an issue
>> >>worth discussing?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> > On fait ce q'on peut.
>> >
>>
>> As M once remarked, "This is not the Berlitz School of Languages".
>> Would you be so kind as to provide a "crib" for the monolingual among us?
>>
>
> Monolingual and semi-illiterate.
>
> Quote from Master of the Patna (IIRC) in Joseph Conrad's "Lord Jim"
> meaning "One does what one is able to do." or, loosely, "You do your best."
>
> (This from English, not French, literature. The captain happened to speak
> French.)
>

Q; What do you call a person who speaks three languages?
A: Tri-lingual.

Q; What do you call a person who speaks two languages?
A: Bi-lingual.

Q; What do you call a person who only speaks one language?
A: American.

bill


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