It's actually Espaqa... Not Nippon, but something else which would "sound" like that. So... The only problem with your worthy proposal is that not every country uses the same characters or even alphabet for that matter. Nonetheless, I do like your proposal! :-)
Marcus On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 07:11:00 M R wrote: >To John > I appreciate your love for your language. >To Bill and Stephen > I appreciate your fluency for German appreciating >that both wrote in that language > >Now to John, Bill, Stephen and all >Every language has a different word for every country. >When I was watching World Cup Football in Mexico in >1986, these were the names they showed. >Englaterra (England), Espania (spain), Allemanne >(Germany), etc. I found it buy seeing the country's >flag only. > >So it will be better, if we use every country's name >in their own language. >For ex - Deutschland for Germany in German language > Nippon for Japan in Japanese language, > Espania for Spain in Spanish, etc. > >Then there wont be any clash. >Madan > > >--- Stephen Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Reply-to: "Stephen Davis" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> From: "Stephen Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: [USMA:16930] Re: Euro:Its tripolar >> Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 11:23:09 -0000 >> >> 'Howw!!! Aamm not havin nee Geordie on this site, >> marra!!! If Ahh see's >> yus usin any, Arll come roond and ploat yus arll!! >> >> Yuh can have Makem, but nee Geordie!!! Arlreet???? >> >> Regards, >> >> Steve. >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 5:54 AM >> Subject: [USMA:16927] Re: Euro:Its tripolar >> >> >> John Schweisthal wrote: >> Are you the designated spokesperson for all those >> out there who maybe can't >> recognize them? >> >> Well, me an' some o' the other USMA lads wuz in the >> pub, 'avin' a few >> brews -- an' we put it ter a vote. >> >> Joe an' Jim sez, "Wot about this 'ere John, wot's >> allus writin' ms messages >> in German? Oo's gonna tell 'mm ter put a sock in >> it?" >> >> Well, we drew straws, an' it so 'appens that I got >> the short'un. >> >> So there you 'ave it, me old son. >> >> >From now on, the lingua franca is a combination of >> Yorkshire, Cockney and >> Canarsie, wi' a wee bit o' Geordie thrown in fer gud >> measure. >> >> Bill Potts, CMS >> Roseville, CA >> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >> >> > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Send your FREE holiday greetings online! >http://greetings.yahoo.com > > Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com
