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Re: Why Americans feel no compulsion to learn foreign languages

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dr. Dimitri Vulis)
Thu Mar 28 07:50:20 1996

To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr. Dimitri Vulis)
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 96 06:05:42 EST
In-Reply-To: <31595F37.2781@cs.strath.ac.uk>

os <os@cs.strath.ac.uk> writes:

> >There is not a single foreign language I can think of it that would help me
> >in my goals or help anyone I know.
>
> I have never known anyone being disadvantaged by knowing another language tha
> tongue.

Tim (and others) miss out the pleasure of using an exotic language in the
presense of people who won't understand it.

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<a href="mailto:dlv@bwalk.dm.com">Dr. Dimitri Vulis</a>
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

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