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Re: Colloquial language [Re: Last Call: <draft-hoffman-tao4677bis-15.txt> (The Tao of IETF: A Novice's Guide to the Internet Engineering Task Force) to Informational RFC]

Ben Niven-Jenkins <ben@niven-jenkins.co.uk> Thu, 31 May 2012 22:36 UTC

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On 31 May 2012, at 09:16, Ole Jacobsen wrote:
> Sounds like a difficult thing to do with any kind of predictable or 
> measurable outcome, although it might be fun to ask the Brits if they
> understand everything the Americans are saying and vice versa :-)

I don't really have any issues understanding American English but I'm regularly gobsmacked by how many North Americans struggle to understand some things that I say :-)

Ben

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