From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3F3341382C5 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2018 23:05:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 048DCE0B17; Thu, 1 Feb 2018 23:05:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qk0-f175.google.com (mail-qk0-f175.google.com [209.85.220.175]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8EA9EE0858 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2018 23:05:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qk0-f175.google.com with SMTP id z12so21632489qkf.12 for ; Thu, 01 Feb 2018 15:05:37 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:subject:to:references:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:content-disposition :content-transfer-encoding; bh=GxtpoplU2ofoLGKvoT9vvyhgtQ0NsTK0pyKMrootKwQ=; b=Kcwo8+82b6rdleo031fG14netTRS/2idzXXCHdNwLzPpr5T4BMofpEfNOJbd936TxN 5MPIfAFeKRMeCc/8pYfwFSXjDnf73eFnBb5+kZhuNrj7F6Bo6BjbKYIzUHMP9mX5I/LV XkJWVodu0NzzmUg994hEIj1NZ6lawgsTlukjtJcWe4N6XZ/XleB54GdHhGjhIEsqF8IP MDzubnGbQ00RLnHEAYW+Gthb9yHe58iiQFhy2JY7y6VRZjN3ZEWnh/+RpLtJ+VIVu7k3 EzUVAW9scH7/P1rhY9r9oZHF+qfPUCYTuGcfLtFQx43dSOm7kC+skecbm/2qW2rlaJU4 q+lg== X-Gm-Message-State: AKwxytd+xARN7/5awTxi1k2Xn04kVeczR1iMyZ7kH7/VLjh77SH9+Gd8 48MWfM4ebUxWBvals7TVUOyyTmHG X-Google-Smtp-Source: AH8x224EaPP1U0t21HyIXc3/SDRR1LSz7dxQqzA32wgaJIAzdVp3ycCj/Ix9IzjE36vB02fVmmPstQ== X-Received: by 10.55.124.3 with SMTP id x3mr56221015qkc.179.1517526336671; Thu, 01 Feb 2018 15:05:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from ffortso4 (c-76-23-130-96.hsd1.ct.comcast.net. [76.23.130.96]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a50sm417462qtc.94.2018.02.01.15.05.36 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Thu, 01 Feb 2018 15:05:36 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2018 18:05:35 -0500 From: Jack Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] A little help for non-native English speakers To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <2979311.yKovLQH099@peak> <20180201185530.592dfe59@digimed.co.uk> <20180201225214.GA9390@kern> In-Reply-To: <20180201225214.GA9390@kern> (from Warp_7@gmx.de on Thu Feb 1 17:52:14 2018) X-Mailer: Balsa 2.5.3a-288-gcbc3eaab Message-Id: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; DelSp=Yes; Format=Flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 0b098870-4a75-40d3-81be-723b152fb105 X-Archives-Hash: 2892c1f4d35ff8d51e71647fb3f26edd On 2018.02.01 17:52, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: [snip...] > PS.: As a non-native, I always found e.g. and i.e. easy to keep apart =20 > because when you say "e.g." as a word without the dots, it becomes =20 > "eg", which, phonetically, is the start of the word "example". A non-native speaker of English, or a non-native speaker of Latin?=