In a message dated 2/17/2008 8:20:51 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:44 PM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] My Lisagram arrived! > As a native of the USA married to a native of the > Netherlands, my favorite > is this: > > "What do you call someone who speaks two languages?" > Answer: "Bilingual". > > "What do you call someone who speaks one language?" > Answer: "An American". > > Ron AC7AC > And, unfortunately, not very well as a general rule! Dave W7AQK _______________________________________________ Don't be surprised if you see things changing in the future. I've been involved with technology engineering in foreign markets for over 40 years and teaching in a high school technology program for over 20 of those years. Now I'm retired from engineering and teaching 4 classes a day at the nearby high school. I'm certificated staff and that requires me to be fluent in several languages. Locally that's English, Spanish, and several asian dialects. As luck would have it my parents were/are fluent in German and I studied French, neither of which has been of great value except in the case of Vietnamese. Anyway - the point is the students in one class of 21 alone are an aggregate of 5 different languages and we freely use them in classroom dialogue to communicate with each other - that's the trend of the future. Why do I bother with this? Teaching technology is only as good as your ability to communicate and these students will be in high demand for their ability. I already have two kids who just realized they have relatives in a position to export from our number one exporter (China) and have found a renewed interest in their education. (Ever wish you could talk to the guy who designed your motherboard) For a lot of people, you call someone who speaks two languages "Boss." 73 es gud luck in the contest : ) Al WA6VNN **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
