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[Yaroslav M. Blanter]

> Only after a while did it become apparent that he was talking of
> the English Wikipedia.  Some surprised librarian asked "are you
> now talking of the English Wikipedia?"  His answer was something
> like "yes, the Swedish is almost completely useless" (for advanced
> astronomy). In the undergraduate astronomy classes he was
> teaching, all literature is in English.  This seemed like an
> unknown planet to the Swedish librarians.  And I guess that their
> surprise came as an equal surprise to the astronomer.
>

After eight years of teaching physics at a Dutch university and active
participation in scientific activities all over the country, I am still to
see a scientific talk given in Dutch.

Cheers
Yaroslav