Thank you, Thank you, and applause Regards, Gert Gremmen, (Ing)
ce-test, qualified testing =============================================== Web presence http://www.cetest.nl CE-shop http://www.cetest.nl/ce_shop.htm /-/ Compliance testing is our core business /-/ =============================================== >>-----Original Message----- >>From: owner-emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:owner-emc-p...@ieee.org]On Behalf >>Of geor...@lexmark.com >>Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 6:20 PM >>To: m.r...@ieee.org >>Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org >>Subject: Re: modest proposal >> >> >> >>Martin, >> >>Your post included the following: >> >>* We, the ugly Americans, want the world to conform >> to our native language. We're too lazy, stubborn, >> and arrogant to learn another language. >> >>You may be partially right, but I believe there is a >>much simpler explanation. It is human nature to do >>only that which we are motivated to do. The English >>speaking world has been fortunate in not having to >>learn another predominate language to conduct global >>business. This is probably due to the fact that most >>non-English speaking countries do not agree that French, >>German, Spanish, etc. are an acceptable alternate >>"global" langauge. Therefore, English may have "won" >>only by default. >> >>Here is what I remember of the U.S. interest in other >>languages. Prior to WWII U.S. schools taught Latin as >>a way to learn the root of words. There was a little >>French, German, and Spanish taught. After WWII, it was >>thought that we should be learning Russian, as the other >>"major" technical country. Then, in the '70's or so, it >>was thought that Japanese may be the main "other" language >>to learn. >> >>In summary, Americans have never had any reason to pick >>one particular other language to learn. Many have studied >>other languages, but more for personal than business >>reasons. Personally, I studied Spanish in high school, and >>German a few years ago, but am not fluent in either,as >>there are few opportunities to practive what little I >>learned. >> >>There are people in every country that are "too lazy, >>stubborn, and arrogant to learn another language." But >>I find that educated professionals will learn what they >>need to learn to conduct business in their chosen career. >> >>Finally, I greatly respect and am thankful for the many >>non-English speaking peoples who have learned this very >>difficult langauge for global business purposes. For >>this reason, I am never critical of their English spelling >>or errors in grammer. I can only imagine the result of >>my trying to use German, French, etc.! >> >>Regards, >> >>George Alspaugh >> >> >> >>------------------------------------------- >>This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety >>Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. >> >>To cancel your subscription, send mail to: >> majord...@ieee.org >>with the single line: >> unsubscribe emc-pstc >> >>For help, send mail to the list administrators: >> Jim Bacher: jim_bac...@mail.monarch.com >> Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org >> >>For policy questions, send mail to: >> Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org >> >>
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