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From: kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz (Paul J. Kriha)
Subject: Re: Language Extinction
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Date: Wed, 1 Mar 1995 11:04:11 GMT
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Fcostllo@cs.tcd.ie (Fintan Costello) wrote:
>In article <3iv440$aec@c700-1.sm.dsi.unimi.it>,
>castelg@c700-1.sm.dsi.unimi.it (giuseppe castelli) wrote:
>
>> ad841@lafn.org (Bob Cunningham) writes:
>> >        It would be wonderful if everyone in the world spoke the same
>> > language.
>> >        It would be wonderful if each of the thousands of languages in the
>> > world could be maintained as the robust native language of a community.
>> >        The two dreams are irreconcilable.
>>
>> Why? If we use an easy-to-learn second language for international
>> communication, the national languages can survive!
>
>I wonder what language that would be?

Tallyho! This is the job for .... Cobol!

I have an old manual printed in 1965.  On the first page it says
"Cobol is EASY because (wouldn't you know it) it's English-like."

:-)    Paul JK




