Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!c03.atl99!news.webusenet.com!news02.tsnz.net!newsfeed01.tsnz.net!ken-transit.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "thegoons" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan References: <8BBLb.1342$dl4.1186@news1.dion.ne.jp> <4EKLb.1358$dl4.1345@news1.dion.ne.jp> <400004E5.B3781645@yahoo.co.jp> <1000ga9a4ce8ke9@corp.supernews.com> <40013FB4.56EC4B56@yahoo.co.jp> <40015283.71C97EF7@yahoo.co.jp> Subject: Re: Japs Exclude Gaijins from EXPO tender contracts Lines: 57 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:29:34 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.138.27.206 X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1073903374 144.138.27.206 (Mon, 12 Jan 2004 21:29:34 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 21:29:34 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:10455 "Ryan Ginstrom" wrote in message news:btrnht$a73rd$1@ID-101276.news.uni-berlin.de... > > "Eric Takabayashi" wrote in message > news:40015283.71C97EF7@yahoo.co.jp... > > Ryan Ginstrom wrote: > > > Whichever is most expedient. > > > > No, English. It is I who tell them they should communicate with Chinese or > > Koreans for example, in their own language, and the Japanese who claim > that > > English is the most useful. > > Or rather, yes, English. because it is most expedient. You said yourself > below that English is dominant. So rather than have their engineers learn > Chinese, and Malay, and Tagalog, and German, ad nauseum, they are going to > get them to learn English, which is apparently hard enough on its own. > Simple expediency. > > How can you compare this to prefectural government lackeys, living and > working in Japan, and inviting contractors to come bid with *them* for > *their* money? Then perhaps the Aichi Prefectural Government should never have taken on an "international" exposition then; and they should immediately crap their bullshit spiel about them having an open-dorr tendering process and encouraging international contribution. All lip service. > > > Again, I am not claiming or promoting English *should* be the dominant or > most > > prevalent international language. It just is. I don't care if all people > have > > to learn Esperanto or some other artificial language to communicate > > internationally. > > Compare this repeatedly to what you wrote above , until you have understood. > > > > Yes, that's the impression I got. And I would still buy a Mercedes > instead > > > of aToyota if I could afford it and wasn't too damn cheap to pay for it. > > > > I've been in a top of the line Mercedes > > Good for you. What do you want, a cookie? > > -- > Regards, > Ryan Ginstrom >