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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Global English and Official US English #40 09/13/2000 5:27 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland Hi Bingley, Once again I would like to applaud your very perspicacious comment ! Many years ago I was among those who thought that a common language was SUFFICIENT to understand each other, and peace would follow. Now it seems that the only thing we tend to respect is the unknown, the exotic, because so little of it is left ("biodiversity" etc.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Global English and Official US English ter 03/14/2000 7:42 AM Re: Global English and Official US English Bingley 06/14/2000 11:35 AM Re: Global English and Official US English jmh 06/14/2000 3:07 PM Re: Global English and Official US English Bingley 06/14/2000 11:57 PM Re: Global English and Official US English ter 06/15/2000 12:44 AM Re: Global English and Official US English apples + oranges 08/31/2000 5:18 PM Re: Global English and Official US English ter 09/01/2000 11:49 PM Re: Global English and Official US English Bingley 09/09/2000 7:37 AM Re: Global English and Official US English wsieber 09/13/2000 5:27 AM Re: Global English and Official US English Jackie 09/13/2000 11:48 AM Re: disappearing languages Bingley 09/15/2000 5:51 AM English as an extra-global language Jackie 09/16/2000 12:38 PM Re: English as an extra-global language tsuwm 09/16/2000 5:18 PM Re: English as an extra-global language william 09/16/2000 9:02 PM Re: English as an extra-global language Jackie 09/17/2000 12:54 AM Re: English as an extra-global language william 09/17/2000 2:13 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

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