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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
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> If the word 'foreign' can't be used of anything, what does it mean,
> then?
It does means something. It's just that the people we're
discussing didn't necessarily consider foreign what you,
I, or _Alex_ think they should have.
> No, he gets really testy over another Anglo chauvinist making
> general sociological statements about countries he's never seen.
Now we've all three pretended to read Alex's mind.
I looked back through the messages trying to figure out
who it is that you're calling "another Anglo chauvinist",
and it seems that you must mean me. The possible take-
over by English was only given as an example, not because
it's what _I_ want to see happen, as I've already said.
Moreover, I not only referred to Chinese as well as English,
but also related my concern about Russian replacing Ossetic.
So you are completely out of line calling me an Anglo
chauvinist. Furthermore, how do you know which countries
I've seen? My aunt is from Poland, and has lived much of
her life in Munich, as do others of my family. She speaks
Polish, German, English and some Croatian. She has travelled,
and usually takes trips not less than once a year, to various
parts of Europe and Africa, and relates quite a bit of what's
going on there to us. She has also lived several years in
the U.S. I think I trust her estimation of what goes on as
much as, if not more than yours, hiding behind your one-way
mirror and your pseudonym.
> Are you even aware of the fact that people use other languages
> than English on the Internet, or is that fact censored away from
> you on your continent?
Of course we're aware, but does an island disprove the
wetness of the sea, Peter?
David