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From: billp@infmx.UUCP (Bill Potter)
Newsgroups: comp.text,comp.std.internat
Subject: Re: All numeric representation of dates
Summary: digression
Message-ID: <397@infmx.UUCP>
Date: 1 Sep 88 14:46:17 GMT
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In article <16995@adm.ARPA>, celms@adm.ARPA (Dr. Aivars Celmins ) writes:
> In article <774@philmds.UUCP> hulsebos@philmds.UUCP (Rob Hulsebos) writes:
> >  ....
> >Congress also decided that English would the the language of the country, 
> >instead of German. Those in favor of English won with the smallest possible
> >margin of only _1_ vote. I wonder what the course of history would have been
> >had German become the US language.
> >
> Rob, you need some refreshing of your histoy lessons:
> 
Aivars, Don't you think the above comment is a bit arrogant, or
how many Americans could tell us exact details about Dutch history in
1785. That Rob rembered the essence of his history lessons (how many years
ago was it Rob?) and got the precise details wrong can, I think, be overlooked.

I find it also intriguing to speculate on "what would have happened if ..."
the US was a German speaking country. With today being Sept. 1 one 
question comes to mind.  On whose side would they have been in both
World Wars?

billp
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