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Posted by dorayme on 03/17/06 23:58
In article <bJqSf.6622$%m4.1544@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com>,
Jose <teacherjh@aol.nojunk.com> wrote:
> > This particular OP only had a few flags. Were they on the whole
> > misleading or unhelpful in respect to correspondence?
>
> It requires the viewer to recognize the flags. At the very least the
> flag of countries related to his language, which probably isn't hard in
> most cases. But text reigns supreme, IMHO.
>
> Jose
OP did have text as well, if I recall, down right side.. The
point is that to tell her that the relationship between flags and
language is "tenuous" (as was the response I gently mocked) and
leave it at that, might greatly puzzle her. She will not be so
puzzled now and if she is, then let me recommend here to go to
Google, bring up Google Groups, enter "alt.html", enter "flags
languages korpela", into the search this group and take it from
there. (Where is she, btw? Not another hit and run I hope?)
Jose, just a small point, do not confuse the ability of people to
pair flags and languages in general. Few Americans, for example,
would be able to recognise the Australian flag[1], few
Australians, the Nigerian one, but most people have little
trouble with their own flags.
If you do not understand this latter, Boji, let me help with an
analogy: a lottery winner would have no trouble collecting his
winnings, the average ticket holder would fail miserably nearly
every time. (See, Travis, how helpful analogies can be?)
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1. And so possibly miss out on coming across beaut words like
dinkum, cobber, barbie, bastard (as endearment) etc
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dorayme
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