Re: History of French

From: Mxsmanic (mxsmanic_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/22/04 

Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 04:37:45 +0200

Ruud Harmsen writes:

> Right. Some 95% of it is exactly the same dialogue: Hi, I'm in the
> train now, it's a little slow but I'll be with you within an hour or
> so, doei!

Whether this is essential communication or not is debatable, but the
utility of such calls and the time they save in many cases are not. 

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