Re: [OT] monolingual Americans

2010-07-03 Thread John Hasler
Nuno Magalhães writes: > Mandarin is closing in [on English as the language of the Internet]. Only on the Chinanet. More people speak English than Mandarin and most English speakers have unrestricted access to the Internet. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.d

Re: [OT] monolingual Americans (was switching to console and zapping)

2010-07-03 Thread Nuno Magalhães
On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 22:31, Lisi wrote: > It is the language of the Internet Mandarin is closing in. -- () ascii-rubanda kampajno - kontraŭ html-a retpoŝto /\ ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "uns

Re: [OT] monolingual Americans (was switching to console and zapping)

2010-07-03 Thread Lisi
On Saturday 03 July 2010 18:05:53 Ron Johnson wrote: > But then, I also didn't mention the Virgin Islands or, > further away, Trinidad and Tobago. These are not in the USA. If we are looking world wide there are also: England [it is, after all, called English ;-)], Wales, Scotland, Ireland, la

Re: [OT] monolingual Americans (was switching to console and zapping)

2010-07-03 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:05:53 -0400 (EDT), Ron Johnson wrote: > On 07/03/2010 11:49 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> You forgot Hawaii! > > That's true. But then, I also didn't mention the Virgin Islands or, > further away, Trinidad and Tobago. IOW, you've got to set practical > limits somewhere

Re: [OT] monolingual Americans (was switching to console and zapping)

2010-07-03 Thread Chris
On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:05:53 -0500 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 07/03/2010 11:49 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: > > On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:02:01 -0400 (EDT), Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 07/03/2010 10:34 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: > >>> > >>> Q: What do you call a man who speaks only one language? > >>> A: An

Re: [OT] monolingual Americans (was switching to console and zapping)

2010-07-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 07/03/2010 11:49 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:02:01 -0400 (EDT), Ron Johnson wrote: On 07/03/2010 10:34 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: Q: What do you call a man who speaks only one language? A: An American. :-) We speak the primary language of the [US] from Nome AK to Mia

[OT] monolingual Americans (was switching to console and zapping)

2010-07-03 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:02:01 -0400 (EDT), Ron Johnson wrote: > On 07/03/2010 10:34 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> Q: What do you call a man who speaks only one language? >> A: An American. :-) >> > > We speak the primary language of the [US] from Nome AK to Miami FL (7200 > km) and San Diego CA