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From: mwtilden@math.uwaterloo.ca (Mark W. Tilden)
Subject: Re: A Brief History of the Future
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In article <32544FF0.F2D@studio.disney.com>,
Gary Zorko  <gary_zorko@studio.disney.com> wrote:
>
>As for the world speaking Japanese, it seems more likely (due to sheer
>population density and other factors) that Chinese is a more likely
>world-language candidate. Or maybe some weird
>English-Chinese-Japanese-Spanish hybrid, a la 'Blade Runner'.

So long as popular media remains the USA's second largest export, I'd 
cast my vote for a predominantly english future.

True, it'll be 'muricun english, but at least it's a self-correcting standard.

Is all.

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