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From: joho@dutiag.twi.tudelft.nl (Job Honig)
Subject: Re: soundex
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Summary: foreign language = strange language
Keywords: foreign languages
Sender: J.Honig
Organization: Delft University of Technology
References: <BILLL.94Sep14183302@no.neurology.wisc.edu> <D> <CwDDyL.BI8@news.thomson-lcr.fr>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 21:13:16 GMT
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From: tapfer@moorea.thomson-lcr.fr (Pascal Vaillant)
Subject: Re: soundex
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Organization: Thomson-CSF LCR, Orsay, France
Date: Mon Sep 19 11:20:45 MET DST 1994

Pascal Vaillant wrote:

> In article <BILLL.94Sep14183302@no.neurology.wisc.edu>, billl@no.neurology.wisc.
> edu (Bill Lytton) writes:
> > 
> > Does anyone know of the soundex algorithm tailored to any foreign
> > languages, particularly french?
> > 
> 
> French is not a foreign language !
> 
> On the contrary, it's the only one which is NOT foreign.

In Dutch, the phases "foreign language" and "strange language" are both
translated to "vreemde taal". (Don't know whether this tells something
about our position towards foreigners :-) Perhaps we should start using
the term "strange language" for any language, Dutch, French, and English
included.

Job Honig
Delft University of Technology
