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Article #5022Re: All numeric representation of dates
From: Bill Potter
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 1988 14:46
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 1988 14:46
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In article <16995@adm.ARPA>, celms@adm.ARPA (Dr. Aivars Celmins ) writes: > In article <774@philmds.UUCP> hulsebos@philmds.UUCP (Rob Hulsebos) writes: > > .... > >Congress also decided that English would the the language of the country, > >instead of German. Those in favor of English won with the smallest possible > >margin of only _1_ vote. I wonder what the course of history would have been > >had German become the US language. > > > Rob, you need some refreshing of your histoy lessons: > Aivars, Don't you think the above comment is a bit arrogant, or how many Americans could tell us exact details about Dutch history in 1785. That Rob rembered the essence of his history lessons (how many years ago was it Rob?) and got the precise details wrong can, I think, be overlooked. I find it also intriguing to speculate on "what would have happened if ..." the US was a German speaking country. With today being Sept. 1 one question comes to mind. On whose side would they have been in both World Wars? billp -- bill potter ...!uunet!infmx!infmuc!billp informix gmbh, rosenkavalierplatz 14, 8000 Munich 81
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!voder!pyramid!infmx!billp From: billp@infmx.UUCP (Bill Potter) Newsgroups: comp.text,comp.std.internat Subject: Re: All numeric representation of dates Summary: digression Message-ID: <397@infmx.UUCP> Date: 1 Sep 88 14:46:17 GMT References: <1988Aug28.010835.17290@utzoo.uucp> <2882@hubcap.UUCP> <16995@adm.ARPA> Organization: Informix Software Inc., Menlo Park, CA. Lines: 24