Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 14th Nov 2005 17:54 UTC, submitted by sebFlyte
ZDNet has published the second part (part I) of its special report on the use of open source in governments around the world. This time it's looking at what's driving open source takeup in developing markets, with a particularly close look at projects and the driving forces behind them in China, India and Brazil.
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2005-07-08
English is a bastard language, and in fact is called a "Germanic language" as many of the root words are Germanic in origin. Ask anyone who speaks both English and German, and they'll tell you that many words are very very similar. Let me see...
vater - father
tochter - daughter
haus - house
brot - bread
That's just a few simple words. English also has sizeable influences from french, latin, some greek, some celtic (pre Anglo Saxon invasion), as well as Arabic and most probably a word or two from other languages. I don't speak any latin languages (well, other than a few swear words in Portuguese).
If you want a really nice language, try Gaelige :-) All the nice words that you just don't know how the hell to pronounce ;-) it's an elegant language, with very precise rules.
Go raibh maith agat.
Dave