No offence taken, Betty Ann, but it is true that most anglo-saxons (let's leave the Canadians out of this :-)) tend to think that everyone else should speak their language. From what's happening over there, perhaps you lot should start to learn Spanish....<v.b.g.>
Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, who can speak French, English, Spansih, Italian and some German...enough to ask questions, but usually not enough to understand the replies if it more than 2 words... Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 16:33:31 -0500 From: Clive and Betty Ann Rice Subject: [lace-chat] No Offense, please I trust our Frence lacemakers will not take offense - none is intended.. Betty Ann who doesn't mind redneck, hillbilly and Southern jokes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WHY IS IT THAT WE HAVE TO SPEAK ENGLISH? An officer in the U.S. Naval reserve was attending a conference that included admirals from both the U.S. Navy and the French Navy. At a cocktail reception, he found himself in a small group that included personnel from both navies. The French admiral started complaining that whereas Europeans learned many languages, Americans learned only English. He then asked: "Why is it that we have to speak English in these conferences rather than your speaking French?" Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied: "Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you would not have to speak German." The group became silent. http://greetings.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Greetings Send your love online with Yahoo! Greetings - FREE! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
