Re: History of French

From: Miguel Carrasquer (mcv_at_wxs.nl)
Date: 09/21/04 

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 22:45:54 +0200

On 21 Sep 2004 10:06:08 GMT, Torsten Poulin
<t_usenet_drop@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Mxsmanic wrote:
>
>> As time passes, I'm increasingly in favor of a single language
>> for worldwide communication, although I have nothing against
>> local languages for non-essential purposes.
>
>Non-essential purposes? Oh, you mean like talking to the dentist,
>to the butcher, to the lawnmower repair man, the family, etc.
>
>You have it backwards, you know; to a great many people on this
>planet, worldwide communication is not something they have to
>spent a whole lot of time on.

And only essential communication wouldn't keep the
cell-phone companies going.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@wxs.nl