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#1 2018-05-03 00:27:55

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In what country are you right Now ?

Me i am in UK - Somerset and yes i am Romanian and yes i love Linux and yes i will help everyone that i can with everything that i can .


Just a simple man!

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#2 2018-05-03 01:06:34

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Re: In what country are you right Now ?

United States.

I'm a Southern Boy...live in the state of Georgia. Hope to move to Florida. May move to Alabama for a new job.

I'm an indecisive American. tongue


I have been Devuanated, and my practice in the art of Devuanism shall continue until my Devuanization is complete. Until then, I will strive to continue in my understanding of Devuanchology, Devuanprocity, and Devuanivity.

Veni, vidi, vici vdevuaned. I came, I saw, I Devuaned. wink

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#3 2018-05-03 02:15:06

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Re: In what country are you right Now ?

I should write a book . . . "My life in Trumpistania" . . .

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#4 2018-05-03 02:31:29

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Re: In what country are you right Now ?

Germany. Likely to be stuck in austria for a bit soon though.

Nice to meet you all smile

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#5 2018-05-03 03:22:12

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Re: In what country are you right Now ?

I'm Brazilian but live in the USA with my American wife and two children (third on the way). We have a bilingual home where wife only speaks English to the kids, I only speak Portuguese (and geek) to them smile

Good to meet you guys. This is a nice little community.

-Bruno

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#6 2018-05-03 11:05:26

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Re: In what country are you right Now ?

I live in New Hampshire, USA, where Spring has finally arrived!

One thing I have always enjoyed about Devuan (and Linux generally) is the international nature of the community. On various forums or other communications, I never assume that my correspondent is in the USA. It's kind of nice knowing that they could be anywhere! Seems like someone is always just getting up or going to bed.

Also, my deep thanks (and respect) to those of you for whom English is a second (third?) language. I know it is a strange language, but somehow you make it work!

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#7 2018-05-03 12:28:31

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Re: In what country are you right Now ?

Fun facts: in the future, most of my country will explode, and another part will be submerged underwater, all due to purely natural causes.

Which country am I in? wink

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#8 2018-05-03 17:47:32

devuser
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Re: In what country are you right Now ?

sgage wrote:

Also, my deep thanks (and respect) to those of you for whom English is a second (third?) language. I know it is a strange language, but somehow you make it work!

At least english doesn't assign random genders to inanimate objects which all have different articles. A bit of fun trivia: Guess which genders knife, spoon and fork have in german. Hint: You are likely to be wrong since it makes no sense at all wink

siva wrote:

Fun facts: in the future, most of my country will explode, and another part will be submerged underwater, all due to purely natural causes.

Which country am I in? wink

You are living on a very flat vulcano? No, seriously, i don't have the slightest clue hmm

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#9 2018-05-03 19:05:37

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Re: In what country are you right Now ?

Live in the US, don't call any particular place home. Lived good deal of my life in the Pacific, Marianas and Hawaii. Born in Tennessee, Texas is where much of my family reside.

@MiyoLinux: Great state of Georgia, loved living there for a few years in Buford.

@siva: Could be the US with your riddle.  For reference: New Madrid Seismic Zone, San Andreas, and Yellowstone National Park potential super volcano.

cheers

z

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#10 2018-05-04 00:21:38

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Re: In what country are you right Now ?

Siva, possibly Indonesia?
I am in Minnesota,USA. My little piece of heaven.


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#11 2018-05-04 00:31:21

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Re: In what country are you right Now ?

devuser wrote:
sgage wrote:

Also, my deep thanks (and respect) to those of you for whom English is a second (third?) language. I know it is a strange language, but somehow you make it work!

At least english doesn't assign random genders to inanimate objects which all have different articles. A bit of fun trivia: Guess which genders knife, spoon and fork have in german. Hint: You are likely to be wrong since it makes no sense at all wink

siva wrote:

Fun facts: in the future, most of my country will explode, and another part will be submerged underwater, all due to purely natural causes.

Which country am I in? wink

You are living on a very flat vulcano? No, seriously, i don't have the slightest clue hmm

Heh, point taken. German happens to be the one language I've somewhat studied, so das, die, and der is the answer to your question. :-)  And yes, it makes no sense and all, other than to maybe differentiate things in a complex sentence with their adjectives and pronouns and what have you.

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#12 2018-05-04 09:24:27

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Re: In what country are you right Now ?

sgage wrote:
devuser wrote:
sgage wrote:

Also, my deep thanks (and respect) to those of you for whom English is a second (third?) language. I know it is a strange language, but somehow you make it work!

At least english doesn't assign random genders to inanimate objects which all have different articles. A bit of fun trivia: Guess which genders knife, spoon and fork have in german. Hint: You are likely to be wrong since it makes no sense at all wink

Heh, point taken. German happens to be the one language I've somewhat studied, so das, die, and der is the answer to your question. :-)  And yes, it makes no sense and all, other than to maybe differentiate things in a complex sentence with their adjectives and pronouns and what have you.

Well, almost wink You got die and der mixed up. A spoon is male while a fork is female (for whatever unknown reasons). It's pretty much a non issue anyways since beyond sounding a bit weird it's not going to change the meaning of a sentence and at least where i life there are so many non native speakers that it's not going to be noticed much at all. Besides, with some words it even depends on the region you are in. Like email for example is generaly accepted to be female in northern and central germany but when you move further south torwards austria you'll notice that it suddenly lost it's gender and became neutral.

If someone is interested in germanic languages i think dutch would be easier for english speakers than german as it doesn't have the gender/article madness and often seems closer to english than the german translations. Like you have 'street' in english 'straat' in dutch but 'Straße' in german, 'blood' - 'bloed' - 'Blut', 'i have' - 'ik heb' - 'ich habe' or even 'santa claus' - 'sinterclaas' - 'Weihnachtsmann' with german being completly off here. Anyways, my coffee is empty so i guess that's enough language observations for now. Hope i did'nt bore you to much wink

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#13 2018-05-04 12:49:55

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Re: In what country are you right Now ?

East coast of Australia atm would love to live in New Zealand or Tasmania.

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#14 2018-05-04 13:25:31

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Re: In what country are you right Now ?

zephyr wrote:

Live in the US, don't call any particular place home. Lived good deal of my life in the Pacific, Marianas and Hawaii. Born in Tennessee, Texas is where much of my family reside.
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@siva: Could be the US with your riddle.  For reference: New Madrid Seismic Zone, San Andreas, and Yellowstone National Park potential super volcano.

Don't forget Florida, which is soon to become the new Atlantis. wink

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#15 2018-05-06 15:21:00

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Re: In what country are you right Now ?

@sgage We're pretty close - I'm in Maine.

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#16 2018-05-10 04:08:04

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Re: In what country are you right Now ?

I live in the state of Georgia, United States. My stomping ground is along the coast near the city of Savannah.


Currently running hardware includes a Dell OptiPlex 3010 desktop, a Dell Inspiron 531 desktop, and a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop.

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#17 2018-05-12 00:26:30

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Re: In what country are you right Now ?

Hey guys, best regards from Brazil smile

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#18 2018-06-13 15:39:51

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Re: In what country are you right Now ?

Hello. I am from Lithuania.


What economists call over-production is but a production that is above the purchasing power of the worker, who is reduced to poverty by capital and state.
            ----+- Peter Kropotkin -+----

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#19 2018-06-13 22:23:52

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Re: In what country are you right Now ?

devuser wrote:

If someone is interested in germanic languages i think dutch would be easier for english speakers than german as it doesn't have the gender/article madness and often seems closer to english than the german translations.

No, but it has quite a few words (and sentences for that matter!) that can have more then one meaning, all depending on context! This is highly confusing for those not raised with Dutch as their native language wink  I know, we have quite a few of those* where I work. In fact, so much so that the company offers them Dutch language lessons during company time, twice a week! I don't need that, as you may have guessed from my nick tongue

*this includes folk from the Indian subcontinent, Central & Eastern Europe, Asia, various African nations and Central & South America.

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#20 2018-06-14 07:13:01

devuser
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Re: In what country are you right Now ?

Dutch_Master wrote:
devuser wrote:

If someone is interested in germanic languages i think dutch would be easier for english speakers than german as it doesn't have the gender/article madness and often seems closer to english than the german translations.

No, but it has quite a few words (and sentences for that matter!) that can have more then one meaning, all depending on context! This is highly confusing for those not raised with Dutch as their native language wink

True, dutch probably has it's very own set of pitfalls. Ik spreek nederlands een kleen betje but it's (very) far from enough to be able to hold a conversation so idiomatic expressions are beyond me.

Dutch_Master wrote:

I know, we have quite a few of those* where I work. In fact, so much so that the company offers them Dutch language lessons during company time, twice a week! I don't need that, as you may have guessed from my nick tongue

I have to admit i had this vague feeling wink

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#21 2018-06-14 07:43:02

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Re: In what country are you right Now ?

Switzerland. And convinced many folks here - that will make even more Devuan aficionados.... and to come.
Greetings from the lovely western part of Switzerland.

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#22 2018-06-16 20:51:50

sacioz
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Re: In what country are you right Now ?

a Brazilian noob salutes you all ...8-))

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#23 2018-06-16 22:40:22

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Re: In what country are you right Now ?

US, midwest - Ohio.  Grew up in suburbia 60s/70s Columbus.  Now reside in a bit more relaxed area of SE Ohio.  Good to meet all of you!

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