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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Is English the Global Language? #140443 03/08/2005 12:31 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ Vernon Compton enthusiast Vernon Compton enthusiast Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ In reply to: which could not have beed said so concisely in bastardized English or Chinese or Hindu or Cherokee or Eskimo One of the above is, of course, a belief system, not a language. There is no such language as Chinese, nor Eskimo. Apparently, English is quite capable of being used with impressive imprecision. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Is English the Global Language? Father Steve 03/05/2005 12:09 AM Re: Is English the Global Language? TEd Remington 03/05/2005 12:27 AM Re: Is English the Global Language? Vernon Compton 03/07/2005 2:08 AM Re: Is English the Global Language? WhitmanO'Neill 03/07/2005 4:02 AM Re: Is English the Global Language? belligerentyouth 03/07/2005 12:29 PM Re: Is English the Global Language? AnnaStrophic 03/07/2005 12:32 PM Re: Is English the Global Language? themilum 03/07/2005 1:48 PM Re: Is English the Global Language? Vernon Compton 03/08/2005 12:31 AM Re: Is English the Global Language? Father Steve 03/10/2005 7:05 PM Re: Vocational English AnnaStrophic 03/10/2005 7:35 PM Re: evocational English maverick 03/13/2005 9:16 PM Re: evocational English Zed 03/15/2005 11:39 PM Re: polylingualism maverick 03/16/2005 12:04 AM Re: the pet trade Jackie 03/16/2005 1:27 AM Re: the pet trade Father Steve 03/16/2005 6:24 AM Re: the pet trade Jackie 03/16/2005 1:40 PM Re: the pet trade Father Steve 03/16/2005 1:46 PM Re: the pet trade Jackie 03/16/2005 2:00 PM Re: evocational English Father Steve 03/16/2005 1:03 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,269 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 24 A C Bowden 7 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 John Fox 1 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 handymanhome 1 JerryC 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,128 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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