From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,59d666bca086a225 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!noris.net!newsfeed.arcor.de!news.arcor.de!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada & MacOS From: Georg Bauhaus In-Reply-To: <1739376.IxszZf0dzC@linux1.krischik.com> References: <1776691.hMkAr8ZQHy@linux1.krischik.com> <6SuEf.155126$dP1.513381@newsc.telia.net> <1289921.BRApYLEfLn@linux1.krischik.com> <3oOEf.10009$1n4.7067@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net> <1739376.IxszZf0dzC@linux1.krischik.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: # Message-ID: <1139063522.9375.7.camel@sonnenregen> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 15:32:03 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Date: 04 Feb 2006 15:26:38 MET NNTP-Posting-Host: 14dfaa70.newsread2.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=6BN3gWaFAH\C3N6I?YBjS[Q5U85hF6f;TjW\KbG]kaMX@=Vc1V99i8W=ODZAfV3\bYkM:\hfY9EIPQagLGoMdOIX X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2774 Date: 2006-02-04T15:26:38+01:00 List-Id: On Sat, 2006-02-04 at 08:04 +0100, Martin Krischik wrote: > Jeffrey R. Carter wrote: > > I appreciate everything you're doing to promote Ada, but I wish you'd > > learn that the English word is "standard". > Tricky: "standart" is German for "standard". See the problem? No, the German word is not Standart, it is Standard, too. Always has been, and the recent reform hasn't changed Standard. "Standard" in the sense of a flag is "Standarte" in German. Note that this word ends in 'e'. For a pun, see http://www.k-faktor.com/standart/ -- Georg