X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,ef84650dd3e606e5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-03 11:24:50 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!newsgate.cistron.nl!amsnews01.chello.com!nlnews00.chello.com.POSTED!tanya. From: ppunk@damthatspam.chello.nl (Peter Punk) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: what is it? Organization: Total Disorganisation Message-ID: <6flmrtkhsm2jsdk3vubu90tmacb1317edp@4ax.com> References: <3BB60DC7.2060108@sdf.lonestar.org> <3bb7a117$0$219$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.168.0.75 X-Original-Trace: 3 Oct 2001 20:24:04 +0200, 192.168.0.75 Lines: 92 X-Authenticated-User: donderfliegen Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 18:18:26 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.93.74.225 X-Complaints-To: abuse@chello.nl X-Trace: nlnews00.chello.com 1002133106 213.93.74.225 (Wed, 03 Oct 2001 17:18:26 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 17:18:26 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:8317 On Wed, 03 Oct 2001 02:19:37 +0200, "lastfuture (Peter Marquardt)" provoked the following text: >>(to everyone who hasn't got the foggiest as what this sentence just said but >>don't want to feel left out, the translation is: "I don't speak Dutch, please >>speak German.") >> >>But considering the way German is written and pronounced, it is even closer! >>Very well done. >> >>Mein Deutsch aber ist so slecht, es is zum schreien :-)) > >Ich denke es ist nicht schlecht :) Du werst shoon anders denken wann du mich laenger kendete :-) >>(How's that for avoiding non-ASCII chars?) > >nice :) actually all non-ascii characters can be replaced by 2 >character ascii equivalents: ae oe ue ss :) Yup, i have read in the 64'er once that Deutshes Bundespost's computers had a hard time recognising the non-ASCII chars and what two-letter combinations can be used instead of those chars. And since i am too lazy to look up all the codes for those chars, i always use the two-letter equivalent for them. >>>obascii german flag: >>> _______________________________ >>>|###############################| >>>|###############################| >>>|###############################| >>>|:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::| >>>|:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::| >>>|:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::| >>>| | >>>| | >>>|_______________________________| >>> >>>black, red, gold.. wich brings us back to the topic ;) >>>by the way it's "der goldene schnitt" in german > >ah that gave me an idea for a multilingual web interface > >kiez uw eigen taal >waehlen sie ihre sprache > _________ _________ >|#########| |:::::::::| >|:::::::::| | | >|_________| |#########| > > duits nederlands > deutsch holl�ndisch > >:) I once started (but never finished) a Dutch-English website, here's the URL: http://www.angelfire.com/realm/anglodutch >>And here is my attempt at a wooden shoe: >> >> ______,----, . >> | " ' >> ".__,________.' >> >>You only know it is one because i told you it is :-)) > >yup actually you're right... i'll try to draw a klompen from above > > .**. > ###,\ > \"" . > \ > '. ' > " >maybe toghether they are more clear ;) Yeah, both pics really need eachother in order to understand what's being shown here :-)))) -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Op zoek gaan naar buitenaards leven? Kijk op http://home.hetnet.nl/~setiathomegroep/index.html voor tips, antwoorden, discussies. links, downloads en meer. 1731wu/2.478yrs It is legal for a male to have sex with an animal as long as it does not exceed 40 lbs. (West Virginia state law)