Thanks Rene. Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the Sowbug. BobH
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rene Zillmann Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 8:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [VFB] WHY IS IT THAT WE HAVE TO SPEAK ENGLISH? Bob, if you come to the Sowbug I'll give you some crash-course in German. And I'll improve my English. As far as I know it was one vote only when it came to the decision, which language should be the official language in the US. I'm sure, it was the best decision to choose English. German might be too complicated. Even most of the Germans are unable to communicate without failure in our own language. Rene Germany Bob Haering schrieb: >Thanks. Unfortunately I still had to learn German! Both folks came >here after the war. The bad part is I have forgotten most of the German >I knew! > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of Ed Ward >Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 12:00 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [VFB] WHY IS IT THAT WE HAVE TO SPEAK ENGLISH? > >Very well put BOB > >Bob Haering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >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 you >speak French?" Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied: "Maybe >it's >because we arranged it so you did not have to speak German." The group >became silent. >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >GOD BLESS AMERICA > >Do you Yahoo!? >New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing > > > > >
