On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 00:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Agreed, Anne. Being American, I'm equally amazed that many who > speak something other than english as a primary language can > converse in english so much better than many who are raised with > it as their only language. Those who can - and do - show such > desire to be "global" have my deepest respect and admiration... > and envy *g*. > > joe
Having been raised in Detroit (don't run) and also having lived in both Miami and Texas - having the ability to at least understand another language has been a benefit as most Americans don't have a clue, nor do they do anything with "second language" they take in HS - IF they take a second language. Nowadays here in Australia, it's so much easier to get the kids to take another language in primary - and it's something you take with you all your life - IF you learn the language well enough. My daughter is going to take French (God knows why - yech) and my son is going to take either German, Russian or Japanese - still can't make up his mind, but there is a cool show on our public broadcasting that is a Japanese language show for kiddies (and actually it's quite fun and cool)... ...far cry from Sesame Street with the bits'n'bobs of Espanol or Francais... Meanwhile, I think every human should know at least 2 languages. My migration agent is FLUENT in 9 language - FLUENT - and he's learning more all the time - currently he's working on Malaysian... Ok...had my morning rant...cheers! -- Fri Jan 10 06:50:00 EST 2003 6:50am up 20:32, 5 users, load average: 0.09, 0.16, 0.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------ | __ __ | kuhn media australia | | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | ------------------------------------------------------------------ * linux user:267497 * RH 7.3+ * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting ------------------------------------------------------------------ Mulder: If you detect a hint of impatience in Agent Scully's voice, that's because the FBI's study also found that in most cases like the McMartin Pre-school trial, witnesses were often prompted in their statements by rumours of stories that were being circulated, and that there was in fact nothing to support them. Det. White: How do you explain the burning coffin at the funeral? Mulder: Don't ask me! "The X-Files: Syzygy"
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