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to: KEES VAN EETEN
from: MAURICE KINAL
date: 2015-04-25 23:04:00
subject: in a better place

-={ samedi, avril 25 2015, 16:04:40 -0700 }=-

Hey Kees!

 KvE> This is beyond my knowledge of swedish

Actually it is Norwegian.  According to Wikiquote it translates to "Learn to
walk before you can run."  Note the 'før' in the quote which should be a clue
to it's origin as I think only the Danes and Norse use the 'ø' character.

 KvE> but you are only interested in the special characters

Yes.  I believe the saying had enough variation to confirm the BBS's deployment
of LATIN1 (aka ISO-8859-1) despite it's abandonware kludge that claims LATIN-1
which is known to be a falsehood not unlike the high ascii claim of the
cripplewared IBMPC types.  ;-)

Life is good,
Maurice

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