Disaster <disaster@disfanfic.NOSPAM.net> wrote in message
news:ung0af2jsnqu30@corp.supernews.com...
> "Rudolf Polzer" <AntiATField_adsgohere@durchnull.de> wrote:
> > Scripsit illud Disaster <disaster@disfanfic.NOSPAM.net>:
> > > Oh hang on a bit there! Let's not be drastic, English IS special.
> >
> > In which sense? English is just another language. You are right in
> > saying that Latin is a dead language - but what makes the English
> > language more special than Chinese, Russian, Japanese or German? Nothing
> > - it's just one language of many.
> >
> > You only think English has an advantage over all other languages because
> > *you* are speaking English. In a group whose name starts with "japan.",
> > English is no more or less special than Latin. Japanese is the only
> > exception, because it's mentioned in the group name - all other
> > languages are to be considered equal here.
>
> You mean aside from the fact that English is the international language?
> That it's the most commonly spoken language throughout the world on a per
> national basis?

Not to mention it is the universal language for comercial pilots.

> Aside from the fact that it's the most difficult language
> in the world to learn?
>

Oh? I thought Mandarin Chinese had that title.

> Aside from all that, it lets you attempt to try and understand my
> messages! :P
> --

Even then, comprehension isn't always possible.

                          Vaughn L.Porter
                           Anyone have a Universal Translator set to
Disaster-speak?