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From: philip@storcomp.demon.co.uk (Phil Hunt)
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Subject: Re: Languages in the EC
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In article <1995Feb7.130926.1@ctdvx5.priv.ornl.gov>
           s25@ctdvx5.priv.ornl.gov  writes:
> Imposing a language as a standard, when that language is spoken by a tiny
> fraction of the population, is a ludicrous proposition. Why not Basque or Manx
> instead of Esperanto? Here's a better idea: if the object is to have a common
> European language, why not revive Indo-European, the way the Israelis revived
> Hebrew?

Because we don't know what Proto-Indo-European looked like.

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Phil Hunt...philip@storcomp.demon.co.uk
Majority rule for Britain!
