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scott von berg ([personal profile] scottobear) wrote2001-12-27 12:42 pm

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interesting cultural comparisons... the french, brazilian, and american are all very accurate by my reckoning.

[identity profile] i.livejournal.com 2001-12-27 09:59 am (UTC)(link)
verdurian. heh

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[identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com 2001-12-27 10:05 am (UTC)(link)
*grins... well... the rest are real places. :)

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[identity profile] i.livejournal.com 2001-12-27 10:09 am (UTC)(link)
that was my favorite:) guess i don't like the real world.

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[identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com 2001-12-27 10:22 am (UTC)(link)
it's easier to make up a fun world in make believe...

hmmmm

[identity profile] verian.livejournal.com 2001-12-27 11:34 am (UTC)(link)
the English one begins well but then fails badly in a lot of places. An example of this being:

It is beginning to seem natural to you that the telephone system, railroads, auto manufacturers, airlines, and power companies are privately run; you can remember back to the pre-Thatcher era when things were different, but you can't see things changing and don't have very strong feelings on the subject anyway.

Many of us do have very strong feelings about this. These industries were owned by the country, paid for by the tax payer and then sold at virtually no cost to private companies, we then had the opportunity to buy shares in them, companies that we already owned! When they began to fail, more tax payers money was pumped in. It's bloody ridiculous.

Anyway, that's just one example, sorry to go on so.

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[identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com 2001-12-27 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
it's written with an 85% or so rate, I think.
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[identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com 2001-12-27 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
it fascinated me too... took up much of my lunch hour. :)
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[identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com 2001-12-27 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
you're quite welcome! I'm glad you're digging it!