Erg. I can. Let me guess, English is the only language you
use, and you don't have to work with anyone who doesn't. Grrr.
> >I think it is we who are at a disadvantage, since we are allowed to
> >remain monolingual, while they are able to understand us, and still
> >communicate in their native tongue.
*We*? Speak for one's own self. *They*? Yeesh, how politically
un-correct. It is all *us*, and some of *us* use other character
sets. I move that we abolish all roman characters.
I read something very interesting in a cover-page article in
(I think) Wednesday's Wall St. Journal. It claimed that there
are more people on the planet speaking English as a "foreign"
language, than as a native one. Hm. Still, this is less than
one-fifth of the population.
People's communication will ultimately adapt to the tools
and avenues available. All this being true, I'm in favor of
flexibility of the tools.
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