Re: Yet Another buffer question

On Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 19:44 (+0200), Hans Hagen wrote:

> On 4/17/2026 7:09 PM, Jim Diamond wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 18:16 (+0200), Hans Hagen wrote:

>>> On 4/17/2026 5:39 PM, Jim wrote:
>>> > While updating ANSS-CE I've discovered that Google translate has helped
>>> me
>>> > improve my Spanish from a level of about 0.01% fluent to maybe 0.03 or
>>> > 0.04%.  Although this is a significant improvement (on a multiplicative
>>> > basis), my German fluency is also tragically low, probably also in the
>>> > 0.01% range.

>>> At least your french is excellent.

>> Bien sur que oui!

>> En tout cas, c'est pas mal.

>> Ce n'est pas très bon.

>> En réalité, je suis désolé, mais je ne parle pas français.

> at school the french 'language method' was called "je parle pas français"
> but in my case the left out "ne" was more applicable (ok, it helped a bit to
> also have two-way latin)

I was taught that the "ne" is not pronounced (or it is slurred onto the end
of "je") in a sentence like this, but that it should nonetheless be
written.  (Having said that, I was taught that in a previous millennium, so
things might have changed.)

I wonder what the current France French perspective is...

                                Jim
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