Re: [Evolution] Dictionaries

[Tony Earnshaw <tonni billy demon nl>]

tor, 2003-02-13 kl. 04:48 skrev Ronald Kuetemeier:

> > From my experience that's a problem, specially in none technical
> settings.  If I write a German business mail, I don't want English mixed
> in.  Which I sometimes do even after "proof" reading, and if both
> languages are enabled the spell checker doesn't catch it.  Even if the
> receiving entity speaks English it can be a bit of a problem. So for
> business email, none tech, I absolutely prefer _1_ language for the
> spell checker.  Which should be easy to select from the edit menu,
> therefore no 1.2.2 for me, except after I port the 1.2.1 behavior
> forward.   

*Many* Dutch business and technical people have the common, to me
repugnant, propensity of sprinkling English words and phrases randomly
into Dutch documents. I've come to the conclusion that they do so to
look "clever, smart, show one-upmanship." They say: "No, it's just that
the Dutch are such good businessmen." Yuk.

My Norwegian and English pasts simply make me despise them for not
taking a greater pride in their own language.

Best,

Tony

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