London Banter - View Single Post - 02-28-2005 at Moorgate

Colin Rosenstiel · **02-28-2005 at Moorgate**

In article , (Niklas
Karlsson) wrote:

In article , k wrote:
On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 11:57:05 +0000, Michael Hoffman
wrote:

k wrote:
I use DD MMM which also cannot be misinterpreted.

Unless you speak a language where the months have different names.
Then you will just be extremely confused.

I don't. I speak English. Although our company has offices
throughout the world the "official" language is English. (As its an
American company it would be, after all "everyone speaks English
(American) don't they? :-))

Well, Ericsson, a Swedish-based and -owned multinational, also uses
English as its official language. So I think in practice, in the
business world, everyone really *does* speak English.

Similarly, I've just accepted a job with a small Stockholm-based company
95% staffed by Swedes and 100% owned by them (if I recall); its official
language is also English.

I worked for the Philips concern for many years. The official Concern
language is English, after a fashion. When I worked on a multi-lingual
database project we distinguished Philips English from UK English.

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Colin Rosenstiel