Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 15:20:05 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tyr'd with all this pronunciation thread Message-ID: <14889.26501.315327.881370@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <113280342@toto.iv>
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Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> types: > Anyway. It's the only international language we have, so > you are stuck with it my friends. No, it isn't. I'm not sure what the current status of Russian is in the former warsaw pact countries, but it used to occupy the same position as English in them. Chinese would be a better choice - there are more chinese speakers than any other language in the world. English is the most popular language in the world as a second (or maybe it's third) language. Of course, none of those three are really international languages. They are national languages that dominate some fields because of the dominance - either political or just in the field - of some country that speaks them. German and Latin both used to be in that position, but have fallen out of favor. There are true international languages, but they don't have enough acceptance to be worth doing translations for. Of course, once one is done, you'd have a major in with the people who have bothered to learn them. Anyone want to start a translation project for either Loglan or Esperanto? <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Unix/FreeBSD consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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