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In article <4m8q8n$5a5@engnews1.Eng.Sun.COM>, janiceg@Eng.Sun.COM wrote:

> In article 7eo@usenet1.sjc.in.sel.sony.com, howeird@netgate.net writes:
>  >
> >I speak English, Thai and Hebrew, and can guarantee you that I think 
> >differently, and actually have a markedly different personality depending on 
> >which language I am operating in. Granted, part of this is cultural, since I 
> >learned each of these languages in the context of the culture in which it is 
> >spoken. But I'm a much quieter, more polite and diplomatic person in
Thai than 
> >in English, and I'm downright offensive in Hebrew. I don't want to be
that way 
> >- Hebrew just doesn't have all the tools for speaking politely which
Thai and 
> >English have. 
> >
>  
> Hey, waitaminute. Hebrew doesn't even have *curse* words, for Ghu's 
> sake. It's perfectly possible to speak politely in Hebrew. It may not 
> have as many obfuscations as Thai and English, but it certainly has 
> polite terminology like "please," "thank you," "excuse me," and other 
> civilized expressions.

Damn. I thought maybe we had come up with a reason for all the troubles
over there, like maybe it could all be blamed on rude conversation. Oh
well.
-- 
Bob R. Kenyon, Beautiful Downtown San Jose, CA
http://www.rahul.net/rrk/