Re: Oracle NULL vs '' revisited

On 24 ago, 11:43, "Martin T." <0xCDCDC..._at_gmx.at> wrote:
> Carlos wrote:
> > On 23 ago, 20:10, Frank van Bortel <frank.van.bor..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> Martin T. wrote:
> >>> DA Morgan wrote:
> >>>> Frank van Bortel wrote:
> >>> Paul Linehan wrote:
> >>>>>>> Et en quoi est "homeland security" melangé avec quelqu'un qui
> >>>>>>> habite au Canada?
> >>> As if all of Canada speaks Canadian (trying not
> >>> to offend the French, they live closer to where I live).
> >>>> From what I hear the French don't think the Canadians speak their
> >>>> language any more than the English think I speak theirs.
> >> The point was: not all of Canada speaks french (Just as Belgians do
> >> not all speak the Dutch dialect flamish)
>
> >>>> Is it a truck or a lorry? Do I rent it or let it? Is it an elevator
> >>>> or a lift? And then there's nasty issue about wearing your pants in
> >>>> pubic.
> >> Autch!
>
> >> Tomato's <> tomatoes? (Both valid, according to the spell checker)
>
> >>> Pubic pants? :-)
> >>> Generally I think if a language is spoken by more than two people there
> >>> will be some amount of disagreement. (Swiss <-> French/German/Italian |
> >>> Austrian <-> German <-> Swiss | probably Norwegian <-> Danish | oh, yes,
> >>> Spanish <-> Spanish )
> >> Now you offended the Swiss - the Swiss Navy will come over and bombard
> >> your cities. :D
> >> Swiss is not a language (worked in the German speaking as
> >> well as the French speaking parts), it's a dialect at most.
> >> And there are four official languages defined in Switzerland;
> >> you forgot Roman.
>
> >> You have also offended the Norwegian people - they speak Bokmal (the o
> >> should have a slash, iirc), certainly not Danish. Danish and Swedish
> >> might have similarities, as these countries have a common background.
> >> About the similarities between French and English (which seems quite
> >> substantial).
>
> >> Spanish is not a language, either; you speak either Catalan or
> >> Castillian. Or Bask, of course :)
> >> I always forget which, but one is spoken in Spain, the other in
> >> South America (Brazil excluded - they speak Portuguese in a similar
> >> way South Africans spoke Dutch)
>
> >> - --
> >> Regards,
> >> Frank van Bortel
>
> >> Top-posting is one way to shut me up...
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> > Sorry to amend you Frank, but spanish (español) IS a language. It is a
> > synonym for Castillian (castellano). You can use both names for the
> > language. Catalan is a spanish language -in the sense that it is
> > spoken in (some parts of) Spain-, but it is NOT *THE* spanish language
> > (español).
>
> > There are other spanish languages apart from spanish/castillian and
> > catalan, by the way.
>
> > Cheers.
>
> > Carlos.
>
> Then again. I'm not entirely sure the South Americas agree that they are
> actually speaking (talking) castellano.
> I guess this would be like declaring the german swiss speak high-german
> ... :-)
>
> cheers,
> Martin

>>I'm not entirely sure the South Americas agree that they are
>>actually speaking (talking) castellano.

But some of them do... I have a mexican friend and sometimes he says he speaks 'castellano' and sometimes he says he speaks 'español' .

The truth is that 'español' is more used worldwide, and 'castellano' is more used in Spain.

Cheers.

Carlos. Received on Fri Aug 24 2007 - 07:01:37 CDT