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Posted April 16, 2015
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j0ekerr: I forgot to add, literally.
So you are literally calling me dutch??? I'm from HAMBURG...SO I'M HAMBURGER (sounds odd :P)!!!! :D
Post edited April 16, 2015 by ElTerprise
Posted April 16, 2015
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adaliabooks: That is fairly impressive, I'd love to be better with languages, it's one of the things I really suck at.
You are not alone with that. I have been now living in the French part of Switzerland for more than two years and my French is not really getting any better.
Posted April 16, 2015
Please give Elterprise all the +1 you can give!!!! He just gifted me the whole men of war bundle!!!
Posted April 16, 2015
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moonshineshadow: You are not alone with that. I have been now living in the French part of Switzerland for more than two years and my French is not really getting any better.
That's because everyone around you is polite enough to switch to german when they notice you struggling with said language.

I hear that doesn't happen in Quebec.
Posted April 16, 2015
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toxicTom: On the other hand, it would be simply wrong to play, let's say, F117A Stealth Fighter and not have height in feet and speed in knots (=1.151 mph = 1.85235 km/h) and waypoint distances in sea miles.

;-)
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CarrionCrow: That's different. If it feels right to you, that's what's important. I'm talking about the halfwits who would be resistant strictly on a psychotic quasi-patriotic basis.
That's why the winks ( ;-) ).

Having a standard implemented world-wide would ease a lot of things (and would prevent NASA from burning a lot of money and effort in translation errors...).
Posted April 16, 2015
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ElTerprise: So you are literally calling me dutch??? I'm from HAMBURG...SO I'M HAMBURGER (sounds odd :P)!!!! :D
Does that mean, that you're delicious with worcestershire sauce?
Posted April 16, 2015
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j0ekerr: Does that mean, that you're delicious with worcestershire sauce?
Not really....but i haven't tried it yet to be honest :P
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Posted April 16, 2015
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moonshineshadow: You are not alone with that. I have been now living in the French part of Switzerland for more than two years and my French is not really getting any better.
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j0ekerr: That's because everyone around you is polite enough to switch to german when they notice you struggling with said language.

I hear that doesn't happen in Quebec.
No the problem is that on one side everyone at work is talking English and on the other side I really suck at learning new languages.
And just to be clear. Just because people learn German here at school, does not mean they can talk it. Most of the time their German is as "good" as my French.
Posted April 16, 2015
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moonshineshadow: You are not alone with that. I have been now living in the French part of Switzerland for more than two years and my French is not really getting any better.
Years ago I could have got an insanely good job in the French part of Switzerland (Lausanne), and insanely well paid too. If had only known French...
On the other hand, I would have never met my wife and not had these insanely cute children...
Posted April 16, 2015
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j0ekerr: Does that mean, that you're delicious with worcestershire sauce?
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ElTerprise: Not really....but i haven't tried it yet to be honest :P
And now I'm feeling a bit peckish.
Post edited April 16, 2015 by j0ekerr
Posted April 16, 2015
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moonshineshadow: You are not alone with that. I have been now living in the French part of Switzerland for more than two years and my French is not really getting any better.
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toxicTom: Years ago I could have got an insanely good job in the French part of Switzerland (Lausanne), and insanely well paid too. If had only known French...
On the other hand, I would have never met my wife and not had these insanely cute children...
I think you made the right choice ;-) But Lausanne is really beautiful and next to Lake Geneva which is also great.
Posted April 16, 2015
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moonshineshadow: No the problem is that on one side everyone at work is talking English and on the other side I really suck at learning new languages.
And just to be clear. Just because people learn German here at school, does not mean they can talk it. Most of the time their German is as "good" as my French.
That reminds my of an interesting talk i had in brussels with a swiss guy from Genève. We had to use english because he was able to speak about two sentences in german and my french was already non-existent at that point :)
Posted April 16, 2015
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j0ekerr: Does that mean, that you're delicious with worcestershire sauce?
How do you pronounce it? My take would be the second "UK" button here.

But I think it's one of the most mispronounced words in Germany...
Posted April 16, 2015
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CarrionCrow: Okay, here's the thing. There are some Americans who resist the switch to metric for the reasons you just described.
Those people are fucking idiots. They embarrass Americans like myself who don't go in for the "America's always right in every way, no matter what, forever and ever" thing by our having to be associated with them under even the broadest possible terms.
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EndreWhiteMane: Agreed, those of us capable of independent thinking get razzed a lot for being a 'murican. ;)
Yeah...the country doesn't have the greatest of reputations since the lunatics are the ones who get the most attention.
Posted April 16, 2015
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toxicTom: How do you pronounce it? My take would be the second "UK" button here.

But I think it's one of the most mispronounced words in Germany...
I would pronounce it "wuster" :)
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