I'm glad I don't have to speak real old english. Imagine this example: "Hige sceal že heardra, heorte že cenre, mod sceal že mare, že ure męgen lytlaš" My daughter showed me this from her homework in english. I can understand some words, like reading a dutch or italian newspaper. I can speak neither of the later, but can read a little. The above old english translated: "Courage must be the greater, heart the bolder, Spirit the greater, the more our strength is diminished." Ingemar Hernefjord Ericsson Microwave Systems It's been postulated that the Scots have an inferiority complex - there's nothing complex about it, we are inferior! -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of R Sedlak Sent: 2005-May-06 14:26 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Is it Friday yet? England has been using the language a lot longer than the US, and has clearly developed some conversational gambits which are spectacular. "throw a pigeon amongst the cats" GREAT. Rudy Sedlak David Greig <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Been a long week, thought I'd just go through a pigeon amongst the cats... Best Regards David Greig ______________________________ GigaDyne Ltd Buchan House Carnegie Campus Dunfermline KY11 8PL United Kingdom t: +44 (0)1383 624 975 http://www.gigadyne.co.uk ______________________________ --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------