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#128941 06/02/04 01:29 PM
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Yahoo! gives you two options: Search the Web or just English, German, Icelandic, Portuguese and Spanish pages. Why on earth this particular grouping of languages?


#128942 06/02/04 02:30 PM
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That's hilarious.

Maybe they are the only languages that supported the war in Iraq?


#128943 06/02/04 02:59 PM
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perhaps its the combination that gets you 50% coverage.


#128944 06/02/04 03:27 PM
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50% coverage

Icelandic has allus bin one a na biggies.


#128945 06/02/04 04:44 PM
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I'm thinking Icelandic tipped the scale from 49.99 to 50.00.


#128946 06/03/04 12:52 PM
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Could be that those countries grant tax advantages to Yahoo..



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