On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 11:05:53 -0500 (EST), John D. Giorgis wrote: >-------Original Message------- >From: Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >There's also the matter of French preservation of language >and culture. It is a country where it can be illegal to use >a foreign word in business. When computers first became >widely available, phrases such as "le software" >and "le hardware" came into use, but the French >authorities stomped out that sort of thing >*************************************************** > >Interesting to note that if these policies were carried out >anywhere else in the world, we probably would have one word >to describe them: racism.
While the word "software" was recently invented, and the French have had their own word for hardware for quite some time, I think racism is a bit extreme. I am assuming France has only the one official language. Dean _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
