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- From: ibl-juwa@wiso.wiso.uni-dortmund.de (Juergen Wahlmann)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: AMIGA Developer conference @ CeBIT 96
- Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 10:47:31 LOCAL
- Organization: Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften Uni Dortmund
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- In article <9D656D80@cu-amiga.demon.co.uk> Mat Bettinson <mat@cu-amiga.demon.co.uk> writes:
- >From: Mat Bettinson <mat@cu-amiga.demon.co.uk>
- >Subject: Re: AMIGA Developer conference @ CeBIT 96
- >Date: 20 Mar 96 10:22:16 GMT
-
- >Salutations Per for on the 18 Mar 96, verilly did you scribe;
-
- > >> Nothing wrong with trying to conquer your home market first.
-
- > PJ> I get the impression that most germnas are notoriously lousy when it
- > PJ> comes to other langauges than their own, so that might be a reall
- > PJ> worry...
-
- >You jest. Every time I go to Germany I am embarrased that my German is
- >virtually non existant. Every 3rd German speaks English.
-
- >How do you think it is for Germans going to the UK or the USA? Yes of
- >course, we just assume they speak English. Just as well they usually do
- >since they wont find anyone who can speak German.
-
- >Respect for people who made the effort to speak a language which is not
- >native in their country.
-
- Thank you for the kind words, Mat.
-
- German is much harder to learn (same as French) and international
- commmunication takes place in English.
-
- Though one third of the American immigrants a few hundred years ago were
- talking german, they missed the general decision to do so in the whole
- continent only by an inch. Otherwise we all would talk german now.
-
- Juergen.
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