At 04:30 PM 12/17/02 -0500, just john wrote:
>I'm sorry you feel that way. When I learned English, I found that there are
>words, idioms and proverbs which do not exist in French and which
communicate
>ideas which simply did not exist for me previously. Not only is the
>reverse also
>true, but learning _any_ language will result in a more comprehensive view
>of the
>world.
I'm not proud to be a monoglot, except in comparison to all the semiglots
among my fellow Americans.
While I'm just happy to be a glot . . .
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
--Dr. Jerry Pournelle
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