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- From: dwolff@res-c4.Prime.COM (David Wolff)
- Subject: Re: some Soviet emigre restaurant jokes
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.123032@cozy.Prime.COM>
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- References: <krz.725004586@scorpion.ac.cowan.edu.au> <tls2g9n@rpi.edu> <1992Dec22.125104.1@jaguar.uofs.edu> <1992Dec22.213956.9719@oakhill.sps.mot.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 17:30:32 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.213956.9719@oakhill.sps.mot.com>, bradj@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Brad R. Johnson) writes:
- > 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?
-
- Nu, Esperanto estas al vi nur s^erco? Ni ne amuzig^as!
-
- David Wolff
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