[conspire] NYLXS Press Release on the OLPC Project

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Ruben Safir (ruben at mrbrklyn.com):

> But if you want to be understood, English is a damn good way to do it.

Or, alternatively, for confusing the hell out of people.
("Jareedna piper wairtsed abat the bushfires? Eiche nardly bleevit." 
See:  http://linuxgazette.net/148/misc/lg/arabic_translation.html)

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Cheers,    "Not only does the English language borrow from other languages, 
Rick Moen  it sometimes chases them through dark alleys, hits them over the
rick at linuxmafia.com   head, and goes through their pockets."  -- Eddy Peter