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From: dski@cameonet.cameo.com.tw
Subject: Re: [TALK] Languages
Date: 1996/06/13
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summary: ASCII art is international
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Diane Wenner (pixel8ed@netcom.com) did write:
> Has it occurred to anyone that ascii art looks the same in ANY language?
> Why shouldn't someone post in German?  Lots of people who aren't from
> Germany speak German; it's one of the major science languages.  If you
> can't read German, skip over it.  Gad, let's have some tolerance here;
> English is not the only language in the world.

Amen!
 
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 "stone,  "family,   "luck;    <-- Meanings of characters
  rock"    home"    serenity"
shih/shi2 chia/jia1 ch'i/qi2   <-- Romanized sounds (Wade-Giles/Pinyin+tone)