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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