From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10261c,90121986704b5776 X-Google-Attributes: gid10261c,public X-Google-Thread: 10c950,90121986704b5776 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c950,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: fdb77,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public From: "John Rickard" Subject: Re: English SUCKS, Chinese is the only language you need!! Date: 1997/11/19 Message-ID: <64vlg7$3qh@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 290816740 References: <34557f2b.1934172@news.mindspring.com> <34566fe9.447229@news.mindspring.com> <345673af.1413708@news.mindspring.com> <3456A374.5BF2@public.hz.zj.cn> <347067B8.46@lysator.liu.se> <64qllr$c45@mtinsc03.worldnet.att.net> <34710873.4313003@news.linkonline.net> <01bcf51b$abcea520$0200000a@kld_mcs> Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.lang.pascal.ansi-iso,comp.lang.pascal.misc Date: 1997-11-19T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: did someone forget that just about every inch of the internet you are on now is in english. NOTE: i did not say all. i said just about every inch. -- -- Remove "spam" from my email address to send me REAL email. -- Mike Smith wrote in article <01bcf51b$abcea520$0200000a@kld_mcs>... : JCore wrote in article : <34710873.4313003@news.linkonline.net>... : > On 17 Nov 1997 23:57:47 GMT, "John Rickard" : > wrote: : > : > >there are not more chinese speakers than english. : > >if you have not relized it but the english language it the most : > >widely used language as a standard. why? cause us americans want it : > >that way ;) : > : > Um, actually Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world. : > Sorry to have to be the American to break it to you. Oh yeh, and I : > agree with the original article too. : : Define "widely". There certainly are an awful lot of Chinese-speakers in : the world. But English is spoken in countries on every continent of the : globe (except South America? - I mean national tongue, not that one or more : people speak it). It seems certain that, among people who speak at least : two languages, more people speak English as a second language than Chinese. : English is the language of choice for international organizations and for : other international standards, e.g. English is the chosen language for : pilots, air traffic controllers, etc. One hears English-language songs on : European radio all the time, but one almost never hears : non-English-language songs on American radio (I can't speak for : Commonwealth nations). I don't know about the exact numbers of English vs. : Chinese speakers (don't forget India - not exactly a small country), but : certainly English is more "widely" spoken than Chinese. : : Is that because "we" (yes I'm American as if that weren't obvious) want it : that way? Maybe. But I think the UK deserves at least some of the : credit/blame. ;-) : : --Mike Smith :