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- Subject: Re: some Soviet emigre restaurant jokes
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.125104.1@jaguar.uofs.edu>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 17:51:04 GMT
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- In article <tls2g9n@rpi.edu>, petitc@vccnw06.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit) writes:
- > krz@cowan.edu.au (K.WOZNIAK) writes:
- >
- >>Monolingualism is curable.
- >
- > Well, I think the biggest beef that I'd have with the Russian joke is that:
- >
- > (1) Except for Russians (obviously), very few people speak Russian (that I
- > know of), and that language isn't widely used.
-
- If you don't make this remark in the beginning of the sentense, then it
- wouldn't be so obvious for me that Russian isn't widely used. One should
- know that there are 290 mln. people in x-USSR, who (you won't believe it)
- speak Russian. And also I know a lot of people in other countries, who
- speak Russian (Eastern Europe, for example).
-
- >
- > (2) When posting to a worldwide net, it's better to keep it in a language that
- > many people can understand. And since money can't be transmitted over the net,
- > English is a good substitute. :&)
-
- You are too selfish (as all Americans, BTW)! Why do you think that English is
- a good substitute? Is it because you speak English and are lazy enough not
- to learn any other language? Why won't we use great French language, German,
- or even Japanese?
-
- >
- >
- > --
- > Cat Owner/Passionate Romantic/Poet/Singer/Dreamer/Philosopher...
- > That's me! Modest? Sometimes. Crazy? BETTER BELIEVE IT!! :&)
- > "The greatest beauty in the world is beauty that is private."
- > "Protect endangered species! Contribute to the Exxon Supporter's Fund!"
-
- I beleive that you are crazy, because nobody 'normal' would put his
- ass volunteerly into soc.culture.soviet. It's a BAD company!
-
- Michael Martynov.
-