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From: Sheldon Scott
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 00:00

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Paakkunainen Timo wrote:
>  
> HERE IS MY OPINION:
> 
> There should be one common official language in EU ( - and in
> whole Europe and world). Now EU is in a ridiculous situation
> with 11-13 official languages.
> 
> In my opinion it should be esperanto or something similar.
> It is also possible to re-construct esperanto to some wished direction.
> 
> Earlier I used to have an attitude, which kind most of the english-
> speakers have:
> 
>      "We already have the universal language - english",
> 
> but then I got tired of the advantage and unfair easiness, that it
> gave to the native english-speakers against the others.


Jesus, don't take this away from us, it's the only thing we've got going
for us anymore.  Since the Empire went to the dogs we've got nothing
else.  We can't even speak French.

Please, don't kick a nation when they're down.

Keep speaking English.

Shell.

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From: Sheldon Scott <bi947985@cranfield.ac.uk>
Subject: Please learn English
Date: 1996/12/13
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