lies about OOP

[Steve Holden]

Martijn Faassen wrote:

> Peter Hansen wrote:
> 
>> Martijn Faassen wrote:
>>
>>> Peter Hansen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well, in any case, thanks for setting the record straight, Martjin.
>>>
>>>
>>> That of course also happens to me once every while. I can take care 
>>> of myself though -- Dijkstra however needs an advocate for the 
>>> correct spelling of his name in this earthly realm.
>>
>>
>>
>> Then there's us Danes, with "sen" instead of "son" (as many people
>> think it ought to be).  And I can't even claim the wrong form
>> sounds noticably different, making any defense seem petty.
> 
> 
> Obviously -sen is the only real suffix, as it's -sen in Dutch as well, 
> as in Faas-sen. :)
> 
>> (Darn those Norwegians, influencing people's ideas of how a
>> name like Hansen ought to be spelled, grumble, grumble.
>> If they'd just invent a cell phone that used Python, as the
>> Swedish have, they might deserve all that extra attention.)
>>
>> ;-)
> 
> 
> That's not the Swedes, it's the Finnish that did that. They typically 
> don't like being mistaken for Swedes. :)
> 
That's because their language is derived from Serbo-Croat. But both the 
Finns and the Swedes will tell you it's the Norwegians who are 
alcoholics. They're all dreadful liars, these Scandinavians ;-)

regards
  Steve
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