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Re: Q about /c/

From:Tristan McLeay <zsau@...>
Date:Monday, January 26, 2004, 10:19
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Andreas Johansson wrote:

> Quoting Tristan McLeay <zsau@...>: > > > On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Carlos Thompson wrote: > > > > > If you know what to look, you can even recognize the substract language of > > > the foreigner. > > > > You've done that a few times. The word you're looking for is 'substrait'. > > That's sposta be 'substrate', not?
Yes.
> > There's also a different word, 'subtract' that *substract is often > > erroneously used by NES that means 'take away'. > > NES? Nintendo Entertainment System ... ? :) > > Or Native English Speakers, p'rhaps?
Non-English Speakers, actually. Standard acronym hereabouts. Most commonly used as 'NES background' or 'NESB'. -- Tristan

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