Re: Intel Itanium RAS Comparison with X86

Tom Linden wrote:
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:27:21 -0700, Richard B. Gilbert <rgilbert88@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Bill Gunshannon wrote:
In article <480de2f7$0$11639$607ed4bc@xxxxxx>,
VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
Yes, Bill, I know, but how many of them do tie down their (not "there" -- a=
nd I haven't used "you're", so not "your" -- this is general, not specifica=
lly to you Mr. Gunshannon) systems? I know of several organisations that d=
o not.
I hear the grammar police sirens wailing. :)
Wen I have been in Germany I have frequently been known to get my
Der/Die/Das wrong, even after living there and taking 4 years of
College level German. I have never found a German who would correct
me, even if I requested it. I have always found it interesting
how English speakers find it so necessary. (Oblig. Anecdote: I was
eating breakfast in a Perkins Restaurant in Gettysburg, PA. back in
March. Two tables from me a man and two women were eating together
and chatting. One of the women was continually interupting the
conversation of the others to correct their grammar. Go figure!!)


Der, die, und das are merely the definite article in three different "genders": masculine, feminine and neuter. None of these genders really contribute anything useful to the language.

depends upon your testosterone level, a car is der Wagen, die Maschine oder das
Auto.



English has a few such "hangovers". For example, a ship is always "feminine"; in German "die schiff". ("A little boat can be anything you please but a full rigged ship's a lady!") For the most part, inanimate objects are neuter in English. There is no logic in which German nouns are masculine, feminine, or neuter; it's rote memorization all the way!


das Schiff, bitte.

Nein! Die schiff is correct. But das boat! At least that's the way it was taught 50 years ago. My teacher was a native speaker.

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