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From: olivier@austin.ibm.com (Olivier Cremel)
Subject: Re: Languages in the EC
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Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 17:34:32 GMT
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In article <elnaD3nw6M.6D9@netcom.com>, elna@netcom.com (Esperanto League N America) writes:
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> This is typical nationalism."The powerful countries support this; therefore so
> should the weaker."          It is also self-serving: while I applaud your
> study of French & German, any Englishman who supports English as the sole
> language of Europe cannot be considered unbiased in his opinion.

You might have a point. Why not, if a Europe-wide poll is to be
undertaken, forbid people to vote for their native language ?
I wonder what kind of results we'd get.

-- 
Olivier.
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