From: Gerry Reinhart-Waller
Message: 873
Date: 2000-01-12
>--
> > Gerry: Yup. I think whether or not we like it or don't, English is
> the
> > language of choice, of ease, of the internet, of international
> commerce
> > etc. If you want to become wealthy, you must speak English. Sad but
> > true. And even those folks from Georgia (next to Florida) and the
> good
> > 'ol boys in Ahstrailyer are going to have to adjust their dialectical
> > leanings!
> > Gerry
>
> Oh, Geraldine, enough already of this "you must speak English - the
> only possible world language" cr@...! Just because you think so, doesn't
> mean everyone has to agree, or, even, to listen to it repeated 20 times
> in a row. There is NOTHING in the concept or realization of the
> Internet or any other mass media that prevents languages other than
> English from gaining prevalence, and it just might happen one day. Just
> because your computer's primary language TODAY is English doesn't mean
> it's going to remain that way forever.
>
> I come to this message board to learn more about linguistics, and what
> I like about it is I can hear opinions of learned professionals in this
> field and sometimes get answers to my questions (related to the topic
> of our discussion) from them. I don't come here to practice
> valleygirl-speak. Frankly, I am being really annoyed by your postings
> like this one here:
> >Gerry: Rupert Murdoch is certainly rich, huh. But I'll bet he knows
> >nothing about language families.
> Do YOU? I bet he would at least bother to try looking it up in an
> encyclopedia or dictionary before posting his questions on a public
> message board.
> I am sorry for being harsh, but I have just recently seen another great
> discussion (the Indo-european forum on the Linguist List) die due to
> people who know nothing about the field posting their inane ideas and
> completely disregarding the opinions of professionals. (I'm not saying
> that you are doing it, I'm just stating what happened there).
>
> Once again, I would like to apologize for being harsh, but I would
> really appreciate it that when you ask something and a member of the
> forum responds to you in private, that you would also keep it private
> and respond to it by private email and not post it on this forum.
>
> I'm sure some people will disagree with my point of view, but please,
> let's keep this forum focused!
>
> GK
>
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