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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA5230 ; Tue, 22 Dec 92 15:00:30 EST Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:9194 comp.os.linux:19941 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!news.UVic.CA!sanjuan!pmacdona From: pmacdona@sanjuan (Peter MacDonald) Subject: Re: Dumb Americans (was INTERNATIONALIZATION: JAPAN, FAR EAST) Message-ID: <1992Dec19.170841.7271@sol.UVic.CA> Keywords: Han Kanji Katakana Hirugana ISO10646 Unicode Codepages Sender: news@sol.UVic.CA Nntp-Posting-Host: sanjuan.uvic.ca Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria B.C. CANADA References: <id.M2XV.VTA@ferranti.com> <1992Dec18.043033.14254@midway.uchicago.edu> <1992Dec19.132545.2241@inftec.be> Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 17:08:41 GMT Lines: 17 In article <1992Dec19.132545.2241@inftec.be> mike@inftec.be (Mike Aerts) writes: >In article <1992Dec18.043033.14254@midway.uchicago.edu> goer@midway.uchicago.edu writes: >>One of the big criticism leveled at US Engineers is that they are either ... >I think we ( the Belgians ) are champions too, we have 3 official >languages for 10M people. .... Here in Canada, we win a different contest. 2 official languages, isolated by 10,000 kilometers. I spent 3 years learning french, but out here on the west coast, French speaking individuals are about as common as lilies on the moon. Needless to say, I am a little rusty. Just as well, given the warm reception that I saw given to some foriegn linguists on the net recently :-). Peter pmacdona@sanjuan.uvic.ca