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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: English a Global Language #20231 02/27/2001 4:39 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Although I'd agree with the general principle, I think two weeks is cutting it rather short. Who's going to learn a whole new writing system for a two-week stay in, for example, Thailand or Korea, let alone Japan or China? Please and thank-you and greetings would be enough, I think, although not all languages are as obsessed about please and thank you as English is. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted English a Global Language patbieber 02/26/2001 7:52 PM Re: English a Global Language Bingley 02/27/2001 4:39 AM Re: English a Global Language David Gjerdrum 02/27/2001 6:57 PM Re: English a Global Language wwh 02/27/2001 8:26 PM Re: English a Global Language belligerentyouth 03/01/2001 12:29 PM Re: English a Global Language Shoshannah 03/01/2001 1:53 PM Re: English a Global Language wwh 03/01/2001 5:40 PM Re: English a Global Language Shoshannah 03/01/2001 5:58 PM Re: English a Global Language Max Quordlepleen 03/01/2001 8:36 PM Re: English a Global Language wwh 03/01/2001 10:19 PM Re: English a Global Language AnnaStrophic 03/01/2001 10:20 PM Re: English a Global Language BraveLad 03/30/2005 7:53 AM Re: English a Global Language maverick 03/30/2005 10:28 AM Re: English a Global Language BraveLad 04/05/2005 8:14 PM Re: posts AnnaStrophic 04/05/2005 9:01 PM 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 Posts230,281 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 21 A C Bowden 7 JerryC 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,136 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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