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Title: RE: [RC] EC in POrtugal - FEI Press release

yes, sure... let's 'cultivate our differences'. Anyway Europe is build on differences : religion, culture, food, music, physical traits... and language.  Here at European Commission, he have to deal with 19 different languages. Go figure.

Leonard


-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara McCrary [mailto:bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Fri 9/21/2007 6:05 PM
To: LIESENS Leonard (COMM); anneheilgeist@xxxxxxxxx; coldeye22@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC]   EC in POrtugal - FEI Press release

RE: [RC] EC in POrtugal - FEI Press releaseIt must be a very difficult language to the non-native.  I made up a little poem about the English language:  "If the plural of mouse is mice, why isn't the plural of house - hice?  If the plural of goose is geese, why isn't the plural of moose - meese?"  And then there are the numerous pronunciations of words containing the letters "ough."  I don't blame you, Leonard, for calling English barbarian.  It's just that we learned it from babyhood.
Having had introductions through travel to other countries...China, Japan, Mongolia...one learns that a mere different inflection of the same word can mean embarrassing differences.
I personally am glad that we are all different, speak different languages, and have different customs.  It may be confusing, but imagine how dull the world would be without the differences.  Vive le difference (or however it is spelled in French.)

Barbara


----- Original Message -----
  From: Leonard.Liesens@xxxxxxxxxxxx
  To: anneheilgeist@xxxxxxxxx ; coldeye22@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 8:50 AM
  Subject: RE: [RC] EC in POrtugal - FEI Press release


  hahaha; this is not fair to laugh with a poor guy trying to speak your barbarian language


  -----Original Message-----
  From: Anne Heilgeist [mailto:anneheilgeist@xxxxxxxxx]
  Sent: Fri 9/21/2007 3:27 PM
  To: Linda Marins; LIESENS Leonard (COMM)
  Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: Re: [RC]   EC in POrtugal - FEI Press release

  Linda...you can populate the "salon."  
   
    I'm with Leonard....the saloon for me.  Preferably with a lot of Guinness.
   
   
    Anne Heilgeist
    Maryland

  Linda Marins <coldeye22@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
           
      ----- Original Message -----
    From: Leonard.Liesens@xxxxxxxxxxxx
  

    ...Ridecamp has always been an american saloon with here and there some (shy) non-english-native guys, like me.
   
    Leonard, Belgium

     
    Saloon? Saloon?
   
    We are without question a Salon!  And of only the most
    rarified sensibilities!
   
    Linda Marins
   



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