Re: A86: Batt Checker

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Re: A86: Batt Checker



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>In a message dated 12/1/98 5:14:03 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>nmasj@camoes.rnl.ist.utl.pt writes:
>
><<   Well, in my natural language (not english, as you might already
> noticed
>   by my many orthografic mistakes) we don' t have the she/he and it
>   distinction ('it' for 'things', right?). It's she and he only for
> everything
>   and then I forget when writing in english (and talking too). >>
>
>What is pt?

I would guess portugal; there aren't many other countries since it seems
he's coming from a romance language.

 I am really bad at these country initials... for those of you out
>there who haven't taken Spanish/French, many other languages don't really
have
>an 'it' in their language. In Spanish, a calculator is 'la calculadora',
and
>almost anything that ends with an a is feminine. A Spanish speaker who
learned
>to speak English quickly might forget about 'it', and call a calculator
'she'.
>I don't know what nmasj's native language is, but this is most likely what
>happened. :)
>
>Good luck with your English, nmasj!
>
>.end
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