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Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 16:08:19 GMT
From: Harvey White <madynnopsametcom.com>
Subject: Re: winter tyres with rims


On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 11:18:22 +0000, Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamfitter.com> wrote: <snip> > One does have to admit that, at least in the literary sense, English >> has the richest vocabulary. > >Very doubtful though. I always smile when someone on the street says >that you dropped something on the 'floor'. In Danish we distinguish >clearly between inside and outside floors. Just but a small example, >I've also heard that there is a possibility that Spanish will be the >main North American language; there are already bi-lingual signs in >most places. Perhaps and perhaps not. A comment here.. Floor.. yes, no particular word for outside floor except deck, patio, porch, stoop, landing, balcony, etc... which might be substituted depending on the speaker. In many Eskimo languages, there are multiple words for snow, depending on the conditions. In English, you need to do with adjectives or phrases. I think that perhaps English might be a very rich general purpose language, but you can debate that as well. As to bi-lingual signs in most places, english/spanish... I'd day no. You have them in places where there is a significant spanish speaking population. For example, the drive up bank tellers and credit card machines have a spanish language option. However, the local Wal-mart does not yet have bi-lingual signs, nor, for that matter, does much of anything else. If you go to Miami, Florida, or south Florida, you will find a significant spanish speaking population, all refugees from Cuba. There you will find people who only speak spanish. Official literature is provided for them in their native tongue, as well as whatever the businesses will provide. All varies. Harvey > >In spite of pressures from English on a small country (Film, TV, >Computers), academics have shown that the root structure of Danish >language has not changed one bit. No chance that English will take >over as a universal language. Here around London, words are added >every day to the language from the Indian/Chinese cuisine since >there are now more Indian restaurants here than English. I saw the start of that a number of years ago whilst visiting. You can see the equivalent in Toronto. Here (Birmingham, Alabama, not a place you'd equate with culture at first impulse). There are Japanese, Thai, Chinese, Mexican, Korean (at least one), grocery stores and restaurants. Less, surprisingly, than French, for example. Harvey

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