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From: kjh@pollux.usc.edu (Kenneth J. Hendrickson)
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Subject: (Natural) languages (on UseNet)
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Date: 13 Jun 91 07:54:43 GMT
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In article <1991Jun12.220714.27402@doe.utoronto.ca> david@doe.utoronto.ca (David Megginson) writes:
>I think that German, French and English, at very
>least, have good claims for being international languages in the
>Western world and, thus, on the Usenet (I should probably add
>Spanish), and I won't even get into the Asian languages. What do the
>net gods have to say about this one?

Most Americans are too ignorant to know any of the non-English European
languages, let alone mention any Asian languages.  (Actually, many
Americans couldn't find Illinois on a map.)  For us, it would be good if
only English was used.

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