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Subject: Re: WMCC in Canada? Great!

Author: Mark Ryan

Date: 02:53:53 08/27/00

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On August 26, 2000 at 08:27:54, leonid wrote:

>On August 26, 2000 at 06:15:44, Mark Ryan wrote:
>
>>On August 26, 2000 at 03:16:38, leonid wrote:
>>
>>>On August 25, 2000 at 23:15:57, Mark Ryan wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 25, 2000 at 15:22:38, leonid wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On August 25, 2000 at 03:34:34, Mark Ryan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On August 24, 2000 at 08:58:40, Peter Skinner wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I'm sure that USA Chess programers would prefer to go to Canada than to have yet
>>>>>>>>>another tournament in Europe.  And to be honest, there is no large difference
>>>>>>>>>between Canada and our northern states anyhow, and they sort of speak English up
>>>>>>>>>there too.  I wonder how many European Chess programmers would come to this side
>>>>>>>>>of the big pond.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>It might be interesting sometime to have 2 tournament locations synchronized
>>>>>>>>>together, one in Europe, and one on the American continent, and when you needed
>>>>>>>>>to play somebody on the same side of the pond as you, you'd just do it face to
>>>>>>>>>face the way it's always been done, and when you had to play a program from the
>>>>>>>>>other side of the pond, you'd do it over a (dependable!) Chess server.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Just a thought.  I don't know if it's really possible or desirable.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Sounds like a decent idea to me
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Yes that actually sounds like a great idea. Of course in a tournament of that
>>>>>>>type, hardware could not be a factor, as no one would really know what the
>>>>>>>"other side of the pond" would be using.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>And btw, we actually do speak english up in Canada, and just last week, we got
>>>>>>>running water :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>It's "Canajun", eh.  And we only speak it in some parts of Canada.  I'm not sure
>>>>>>what they speak in Newfoundland, but in rural Quebec they speak "le joual",
>>>>>>which is certainly not English, and it could not be French because I can speak
>>>>>>French and I cannot understand a word of "le joual".
>>>>>>Have a nice day, eh.
>>>>>>Mark
>>>>>
>>>>>It is true that in some parts of Canada French is somewhat old and strange but
>>>>>usually perfectly understandable. English of Montreal, for instance, is more
>>>>>American English that anything else.
>>>>>
>>>>>Leonid.
>>>>
>>>>Vous avez raison, certainement.  Ma remarque était une petite plaisanterie.
>>>>J'ai plus de difficulté pour comprendre l'anglais dans quelques régions de la
>>>>Grande-Bretagne!
>>>>You are right, certainly.  My remark was a little joke.  I have more difficulty
>>>>understanding English in some parts of Britain.  (There, now the Brits will be
>>>>angry with me too.)
>>>>À la prochaine,
>>>>Mark  :)
>>>
>>>Mercie! Probablement vous etes aussi Canadien. Je suis de Montreal.
>>>
>>>When I came here, around 20 years ago, I knew French and English and found them
>>>both perfectly understandable. Only I was amused very much by finding many old
>>>French words and expression still in daily use. Now I don't see them anymore.
>>>Everything new became transparent, invisible and perfectly natural.
>>>
>>>For us American English is our real language. I miss few jokes where I see some
>>>movies (films) from England.
>>>
>>>Salut from Canada!
>>>
>>>Leonid.
>>
>>Je suis de Vancouver, la ville la plus belle du monde.  J'ai habité au Québec,
>>"la belle province", 1969-1970.
>>Salut!
>>Mark  :)
>
>Vous etes heureux de partir si tot. Aujourd'hui Montreal (belle ville en belle
>province) n'est plus la meme. Ville se degrade constamment. Separatisme est la
>cause. Desormais c'est Vancouver et Toronto les villes pour y habiter. C'est
>triste, mais vrai.
>
>Salut!
>Leonid.

C'est dommage. Montréal est une ville importante. J'espère que le futur sera
bon.

Salut!
Mark




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