Re: CHAT: The [+foreign] attribute
| From: | Carlos Thompson <chlewey@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 19, 2002, 5:09 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert B Wilson" <han_solo55@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 7:02 AM
Subject: Re: The [+foreign] attribute
> Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> korte:
> > To give a better example, how many Americans are able to correctly
> situate
> > Washington, Paris, Berlin, Tokyo and Beijing? Those are towns an
> educated
> > European is supposed to be able to situate (although I admit many
> > won't :(( ).
>
> almost everyone I know can correctly situate Washington, Paris,
Berlin,
> Tokyo, and Beijing.
>
> > It's not anything against Americans, it's just to give a good
reference
> point.
> > Nobody will deny that world geography is better taught in Europe
than
> in
> > America :))) .
>
> I'll deny it. How many Europeans know where Sydney, Adelaide,
Brisbaine,
> Darwin, and Perth are? Just about everyone knows that they are in
> Australia, but how many people know where they are in Australia? I
know
> where they are because I had to learn them for world geography in
school.
I know!, I know! Well, Not actually sure about Brisbaine. Isn't this
in Queensland? Darwin... should be in Northen Territory but not sure
where exactly. But please don't ask me the state Adelaide is.
(Well, I have been to Sydney and Canberra, and my syster was in Melburne
studing English)
;)
-- Carlos Th
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