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From: rharmsen@knoware.nl (Ruud Harmsen)
Subject: Re: Esperanto or English (was: Re: Esperanto? The EU? (Very, very long)
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In article <c476896.60.2F6CC984@mizzou1.missouri.edu> c476896@mizzou1.missouri.edu (Amit K. Basu) writes:
>From: c476896@mizzou1.missouri.edu (Amit K. Basu)
>Subject: Re: Esperanto? The EU? (Very, very long)
>Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 00:17:08 GMT

>Thirteen out of fifteen members of the European Union use a Romance or Germanic
>language. 
Which can be an advantage, or a disadvantage. English I think is difficult 
for French learners, _because_ it seems so similar, but isn't.
Same for Dutch learners of German or English, etc. etc.

