The Off Topic Topic

[derspiess]

You get invaded a lot and I guess you need to learn more languages.

[The Minsky Moment]

Luxemburgers are special indeed.  Their median number of languages spoken is greater than the mean number of languages spoken. 

Let's say there are 5 people in Lux, speaking 5,5,4,1,1 languages
Median is 4
Mean is 3.2
Basically it could happen if few people speak >5 but there is a bunch of people at 1.

[DGuller]

Luxemburgers are special indeed.  Their median number of languages spoken is greater than the mean number of languages spoken. 

Let's say there are 5 people in Lux, speaking 5,5,4,1,1 languages
Median is 4
Mean is 3.2
Basically it could happen if few people speak >5 but there is a bunch of people at 1.

I'm not saying it's impossible, the median can be to the either side fo the mean, but it means that they skew differently from the rest (actually, Greeks have that as well, I guess financial powerhouse nations are special).

[alfred russel]

Here is a hunch...locals can generally speak French, German, English, and Luxembourgish. Except for English they are all practically mandatory to live there (also granting that Luxembourgish is a made up language that is really a dialect of German).

Like everywhere else, there are probably a number of people that are monolingual or bilingual (say if I moved there, I'd be fine just speaking English and ignoring their barbarian tongues).

[Admiral Yi]

I'm curious what level of language competence is implied.

[Razgovory]

Here is a hunch...locals can generally speak French, German, English, and Luxembourgish. Except for English they are all practically mandatory to live there (also granting that Luxembourgish is a made up language that is really a dialect of German).

Like everywhere else, there are probably a number of people that are monolingual or bilingual (say if I moved there, I'd be fine just speaking English and ignoring their barbarian tongues).

One of these days The Netherlands and Scandinavian countries are just going to declare English as their primary language.

[CountDeMoney]

You get invaded a lot and I guess you need to learn more languages.

Or, you know, banking and stuff.

[Liep]

So Ryanair has announced it'll open 13 routes from Copenhagen, if this means we can now also get tickets to London for £15 like the Jutes can I'll be happy, but like everything else in Copenhagen it'll probably be more expensive.

[Josquius]

A £15 plane ticket is nice but there is the problem of being in london at the end of it

[Eddie Teach]

Just was looking through the comments on a youtube video and saw somebody using Raz's avatar. 

[garbon]

So Ryanair has announced it'll open 13 routes from Copenhagen, if this means we can now also get tickets to London for £15 like the Jutes can I'll be happy, but like everything else in Copenhagen it'll probably be more expensive.

Flying Ryanair? Be serious.

[Liep]

Flying Ryanair? Be serious.

I'll always prefer SAS or alternatively Norwegian, but it'll provide some competition.

[CountDeMoney]

So Ryanair has announced it'll open 13 routes from Copenhagen, if this means we can now also get tickets to London for £15 like the Jutes can I'll be happy, but like everything else in Copenhagen it'll probably be more expensive.

Flying Ryanair? Be serious.

Is that like Air Jamaica for Irishmen?

[mongers]

So Ryanair has announced it'll open 13 routes from Copenhagen, if this means we can now also get tickets to London for £15 like the Jutes can I'll be happy, but like everything else in Copenhagen it'll probably be more expensive.

But what is the True cost? 

[garbon]

Flying Ryanair? Be serious.

I'll always prefer SAS or alternatively Norwegian, but it'll provide some competition.

I took them once and never again. EasyJet seems like the lap of luxury compared to RyanAir.