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- From: bradj@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Brad R. Johnson)
- Newsgroups: rec.humor
- Subject: Re: some Soviet emigre restaurant jokes
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.213956.9719@oakhill.sps.mot.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 21:39:56 GMT
- References: <krz.725004586@scorpion.ac.cowan.edu.au> <tls2g9n@rpi.edu> <1992Dec22.125104.1@jaguar.uofs.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec22.125104.1@jaguar.uofs.edu> mam18@jaguar.uofs.edu writes:
- >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).
-
- If you don't make those remarks at the beginning and end of your paragraph
- then I will disagree with what you said, which is:
-
- "...Russian isn't widely used."
- - Michael Martynov
- >
- >>
- >> (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)!
-
- You generalize way too much, as do all non-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?
-
- ObJoke: How about Esperanto?
-
- >> 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!
- >
-
- It's a little short and I am not sure of the pronunciation, but it has been
- my lifelong ambition to start a cascade. Will anyone oblige me?
-
- >Michael Martynov.
- Are you smart enough?
-
- Brad
- bradj@daffy.sps.mot.com
-