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skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 8941 Credit: 36,475,649 RAC: 57,495	Message 1197797 - Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 15:50:44 UTC - in response to Message 1197691.
	30,200 - and I'm not a native speaker. I don't speak any of the native American languages either. ____________ Proud member of TSWB. End terrorism by building a school
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Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 22673 Credit: 4,504,889 RAC: 5,853	Message 1197808 - Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 16:07:19 UTC
	I speak Double Dutch and Fluent Rubbish.
	ID: 1197808 ·

Carlos Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 9704 Credit: 24,507,636 RAC: 4,277	Message 1197821 - Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 16:45:40 UTC - in response to Message 1197808.
	I speak Double Dutch and Fluent Rubbish. It's all Greek to me.
	ID: 1197821 ·

LadyL Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 14 Sep 11 Posts: 1679 Credit: 5,230,097 RAC: 22	Message 1197895 - Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 18:13:16 UTC - in response to Message 1197797.
	30,200 - and I'm not a native speaker. I don't speak any of the native American languages either. That would be some rare luck, if anybody here did. Now I'd like to know how many words I know in my other languages :D
	ID: 1197895 ·

John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 22343 Credit: 439,127 RAC: 429	Message 1197903 - Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 18:26:23 UTC - in response to Message 1197895.
	30,200 - and I'm not a native speaker. I don't speak any of the native American languages either. That would be some rare luck, if anybody here did. Now I'd like to know how many words I know in my other languages :D I know a few words (total) of a handful of Native American languages. I grew up in an area that non-transplanted Native Americans, and the anthropology uses some words from their culture to describe objects of theirs. Be warned, however, that other non-English words in the same context are Spanish, not either Tiwa, Tewa, Towa, Keresan, Hopi, or Navajo. ____________ BOINC WIKI
	ID: 1197903 ·

Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 22673 Credit: 4,504,889 RAC: 5,853	Message 1197904 - Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 18:26:35 UTC Last modified: 20 Feb 2012, 18:27:14 UTC
	Some men only need 7 "OK you've pulled, my place or yours?
	ID: 1197904 ·

VBobier Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 40765 Credit: 32,066,175 RAC: 19,813	Message 1197908 - Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 18:28:27 UTC Last modified: 20 Feb 2012, 18:28:56 UTC
	Lets see I speak Basic, A8, ST, Amiga, PC and English... ____________ BSG Anthem My Facebook page
	ID: 1197908 ·

John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 22343 Credit: 439,127 RAC: 429	Message 1197909 - Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 18:28:30 UTC - in response to Message 1197904.
	Some men only need 7 "OK you've pulled, my place or yours? Please expand the first half of the sentence. It must be a bit of slang that I am not familiar with. ____________ BOINC WIKI
	ID: 1197909 ·

John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 22343 Credit: 439,127 RAC: 429	Message 1197910 - Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 18:29:33 UTC - in response to Message 1197908. Last modified: 20 Feb 2012, 18:30:12 UTC
	Lets see I speak Basic, ST, Amiga, PC and English... Sigh. C, C++, C#, Basic, Pascal, Modula II, Algol, APL, functional, ... [edit] Forgot my newest additions: HTML and Java Script. ____________ BOINC WIKI
	ID: 1197910 ·

VBobier Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 40765 Credit: 32,066,175 RAC: 19,813	Message 1197911 - Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 18:30:00 UTC - in response to Message 1197910.
	Lets see I speak Basic, ST, Amiga, PC and English... Sigh. C, C++, C#, Basic, Pascal, Modula II, Algol, APL, functional, ... And A8 too. ____________ BSG Anthem My Facebook page
	ID: 1197911 ·

kenzieB Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 3913 Credit: 1,574,629 RAC: 549	Message 1197912 - Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 18:30:27 UTC - in response to Message 1197895.
	30,200 - and I'm not a native speaker. I don't speak any of the native American languages either. That would be some rare luck, if anybody here did. Now I'd like to know how many words I know in my other languages :D <<< Speaks passable Mi'kmaq. ____________
	ID: 1197912 ·

Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 22673 Credit: 4,504,889 RAC: 5,853	Message 1197918 - Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 18:37:39 UTC Last modified: 20 Feb 2012, 18:39:13 UTC
	Please expand the first half of the sentence. It must be a bit of slang that I am not familiar with. I would get crucified by certain female posters if I did. I'll PM you.
	ID: 1197918 ·

John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 22343 Credit: 439,127 RAC: 429	Message 1197922 - Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 18:45:24 UTC - in response to Message 1197911.
	Lets see I speak Basic, ST, Amiga, PC and English... Sigh. C, C++, C#, Basic, Pascal, Modula II, Algol, APL, functional, ... And A8 too. Forgot a few: Fortrann IV, Fortran 77, X86 Assembler, TI-99 Assembler, Cobol, lisp. There were a dozen or so more I learned in a language survey class. I wrote a C compiler is lisp (as a school project, not by choice). LISP stands for Lost In Stupid Parenthesis. ____________ BOINC WIKI
	ID: 1197922 ·

VBobier Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 40765 Credit: 32,066,175 RAC: 19,813	Message 1197927 - Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 18:58:56 UTC - in response to Message 1197922.
	Lets see I speak Basic, ST, Amiga, PC and English... Sigh. C, C++, C#, Basic, Pascal, Modula II, Algol, APL, functional, ... And A8 too. Forgot a few: Fortrann IV, Fortran 77, X86 Assembler, TI-99 Assembler, Cobol, lisp. There were a dozen or so more I learned in a language survey class. I wrote a C compiler is(in?) lisp (as a school project, not by choice). LISP stands for Lost In Stupid Parenthesis. Also MAC OS(Pre-OSX OS that is, ver 8.9 I think), PC DOS 1.1, MS DOS 3.3-6.0, A8 DOS, Amiga DOS(all in 1 computer too), TRS-80 v1 and it's basic, basic computing principles, Windows 3.1-Windows 7(but not ME or 98se), I started when floppies were 5.25" floppies(pre 3.5" fdd) and the 1st home computer that could do 256 colors on screen was an Atari 400/800 w/16-48K ram. ____________ BSG Anthem My Facebook page
	ID: 1197927 ·

Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 2861 Credit: 1,778,308 RAC: 223	Message 1197966 - Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 20:37:51 UTC
	I'm still not sure if that new-fangled Fortran 77 is trustworthy. I'm sticking to Fortran IV for now. Another interesting feature of English is how acronyms, sounded out phonetically, become words. Just about everybody uses radar and laser, possibly without knowing where they come from. In my narrow little specialty, wusspuss, higgee, hogee and stovel are commonly understood when spoken aloud. (Googgle WSPS, HIGE, HOGE and STOVL for their origins). ____________
	ID: 1197966 ·

Michel448a Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 27 Oct 00 Posts: 1136 Credit: 2,858,471 RAC: 69	Message 1197983 - Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 21:26:02 UTC Last modified: 20 Feb 2012, 22:00:35 UTC
	LOL, ROFL, ROFLMAO, wth, pwn, wtf, omg, uber, l33t, pr0n, wtg, ftw, roxorz, boxorz, hax, lulwut, asap, stfu, gtfo, <3U, wysiwyg, noob, tard, ic, u2, gtg, c u l8er, lfg, pvp, plz, xP, xD, woot, op .... i cant remember all... but it s a language i only know since i m talking with americans kids (online games, and ventrilo/teamspeak/mumble) haha ____________
	ID: 1197983 ·

The Simonator Send message Joined: 18 Nov 04 Posts: 3901 Credit: 1,066,349 RAC: 697	Message 1197986 - Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 21:31:19 UTC
	43,300. Nice to see that 20 years of education weren't a complete waste of time. ____________ Chemists have all the solutions! Skype me: simonator### (one zero one)
	ID: 1197986 ·

John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 22343 Credit: 439,127 RAC: 429	Message 1198021 - Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 22:45:52 UTC - in response to Message 1197966.
	I'm still not sure if that new-fangled Fortran 77 is trustworthy. I'm sticking to Fortran IV for now. Another interesting feature of English is how acronyms, sounded out phonetically, become words. Just about everybody uses radar and laser, possibly without knowing where they come from. In my narrow little specialty, wusspuss, higgee, hogee and stovel are commonly understood when spoken aloud. (Googgle WSPS, HIGE, HOGE and STOVL for their origins). LASER is a bit of a misnomer. Most of them are actually LOSERs - Light Oscilation by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Only the second or higher stage really ought to be a LASER - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. ____________ BOINC WIKI
	ID: 1198021 ·

Celt Tooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 7678 Credit: 3,012,703 RAC: 10,133	Message 1198030 - Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 23:00:53 UTC - in response to Message 1197912.
	Speaks passable Mi'kmaq. Heavens, now where would you have learned that? ____________
	ID: 1198030 ·

arkayn Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 3085 Credit: 40,150,486 RAC: 64,860	Message 1198041 - Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 23:33:42 UTC - in response to Message 1197927.
	Also MAC OS(Pre-OSX OS that is, ver 8.9 I think) 8.5, 9.0 or 9.1 actually. I started with 7.1. ____________
	ID: 1198041 ·

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