On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Zachary Uram wrote: > Hola > > Hablas anglais pour favour :) Not sure what language you were trying to speak, but in Spanish it's "Habla ingles, por favor". Note the correct spelling and the use of the third person singular, which is how one addresses someone they don't know with respect. The email he sent was spam; interesting spam in that it reminds me of the "land in the everglades" joke. Here is my translation, which captures the spirit, but forgive me of any minor mistakes -- my Spanish is very rusty and I spoke the Mexican dialect, not Argentinian. ---- The admired Mr Ted Turner, we have in our family 5000 hectares [of land] in the Patagonia (Rio Negro) and we wish to sell it. -This is an opportunity- If there is interest I can provide [send?] the information. Sincerely, Edgardo Hernandez. ---- Por Senor Edgardo Hernandez: Senor, esta lista no esta por el norteamericano famoso "Ted Turner", es por una otra cosa. No sabemos la direccion de Senor Turner. Perdon si mi espanol no es bien. Muchas gracias por la invitacion. Jeffrey. o-----------------------------------o | Jeffrey Watts | | watts at jayhawks.net o-----------------------------------------o | Systems Programmer | "If you put multimedia, a leather | | Network Systems Management | skirt, and lipstick on a grandmother | | Sprint Communications | and take her to a nightclub, she's | o----------------------------| still not going to get lucky." | | -- Jean-Louis Gassee | | Regarding the Windows98 update | o-----------------------------------------o