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- From: farren@shore.net (Mike Farren)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: AMIGA Developer conference @ CeBIT 96
- Date: 23 Mar 1996 08:58:34 -0500
- Organization: Focus Studios
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- i.einman@genie.com (IAN J. EINMAN) writes:
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-
- >The common languages in early US history were English, German,
- >and Dutch, all common and very much a part of early American culture.
-
- >Of the three, English won out, more than likely because it was easier to learn
- >than its primary competitor at the time, German.
-
- More than likely because there were more English colonies than German or
- Dutch, and this only got worse as areas such as New York (New Amsterdam)
- were taken over by the English. The only other language which survived
- was French, and this was because of the French continued presence in
- Louisiana and Canada. Languages survive when the people that speak them
- stick around - which was not the case for German or Dutch in North
- America.
-
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