On 12 Jul 2001, at 9:07, John M. Powell wrote:
>
> Garrett,
>
> Small Talk is a language conversationalist (huh?)...
>
> It allows you to carry on a conversation in a variety
> of different languages, with many built in topics.
>
> Anotherwords, lets say you are visiting Mexico and
> don't speak any espanol at all. So, with SmallTalk,
> you ask (in English) where the nearest hotel is.
> It translates to Spanish (or German, or...). The
> person you are chatting with sees the question
> (in Spanish), and replies from a short list of
> answers. A reply might be "It is (so many) miles
> in that (point in the direction) direction." They
> then select how many miles or km's and then Small
> Talk traslates that back into English, while they
> are pointing in the direction of the hotel
> (or hospital, restraunt, etc).
>
> Get the idea?
>
> John
>
>
> > I am curious what is small talk?
> >
> > Garrett
> >
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Oh, wait a minute. This isint a smalltalk-80 derivitave? Oh.
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