necoandjeff wrote:

> Do you wish to compare the number of people in the world who can communicate
> in French against the number of people in the world who can communicate in
> English? What languages do you use to communicate with people here in slj? I
> can understand (and even sympathize with) your dislike of the fact that
> English has become the de facto lingua franca of the world, but you cannot
> change reality my friend.

What's to sympathize with? If they don't like it, then maybe their
cultures should have spent more time being productive instead of
thinking up new ways to make cheese stink.

- Kevin