Re: Oracle NULL vs '' revisited

On 23 ago, 20:10, Frank van Bortel <frank.van.bor..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> Martin T. wrote:
> > DA Morgan wrote:
> >> Frank van Bortel wrote:
> > Paul Linehan wrote:
> >>>>> Et en quoi est "homeland security" melangé avec quelqu'un qui
> >>>>> habite au Canada?
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> > As if all of Canada speaks Canadian (trying not
> > to offend the French, they live closer to where I live).
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> >> From what I hear the French don't think the Canadians speak their
> >> language any more than the English think I speak theirs.
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> The point was: not all of Canada speaks french (Just as Belgians do
> not all speak the Dutch dialect flamish)
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> >> Is it a truck or a lorry? Do I rent it or let it? Is it an elevator
> >> or a lift? And then there's nasty issue about wearing your pants in
> >> pubic.
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> Autch!
>
> Tomato's <> tomatoes? (Both valid, according to the spell checker)
>
> > Pubic pants? :-)
> > Generally I think if a language is spoken by more than two people there
> > will be some amount of disagreement. (Swiss <-> French/German/Italian |
> > Austrian <-> German <-> Swiss | probably Norwegian <-> Danish | oh, yes,
> > Spanish <-> Spanish )
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> Now you offended the Swiss - the Swiss Navy will come over and bombard
> your cities. :D
> Swiss is not a language (worked in the German speaking as
> well as the French speaking parts), it's a dialect at most.
> And there are four official languages defined in Switzerland;
> you forgot Roman.
>
> You have also offended the Norwegian people - they speak Bokmal (the o
> should have a slash, iirc), certainly not Danish. Danish and Swedish
> might have similarities, as these countries have a common background.
> About the similarities between French and English (which seems quite
> substantial).
>
> Spanish is not a language, either; you speak either Catalan or
> Castillian. Or Bask, of course :)
> I always forget which, but one is spoken in Spain, the other in
> South America (Brazil excluded - they speak Portuguese in a similar
> way South Africans spoke Dutch)
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> - --
> Regards,
> Frank van Bortel
>
> Top-posting is one way to shut me up...
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Sorry to amend you Frank, but spanish (español) IS a language. It is a synonym for Castillian (castellano). You can use both names for the language. Catalan is a spanish language -in the sense that it is spoken in (some parts of) Spain-, but it is NOT *THE* spanish language (español).

There are other spanish languages apart from spanish/castillian and catalan, by the way.

Cheers.

Carlos. Received on Fri Aug 24 2007 - 04:34:00 CDT