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From: stevemac@bud.indirect.com (Pascal MacProgrammer)
Subject: Languages in the EC
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Not so very long ago, ccardona@mail2.sas.upenn.edu (Maelstrom) said...

>...it would be wise to have English as the SECOND language of Europe. 
>Everyone uses their own language as they wish and if you want to learn
>someone else's language that's fine but all papers should be English. 

  I agree, but...

  It would be wise to have Swahili as the =second= language of Europe. 
Everyone uses his own language as he wishes, and if he wants to learn
someone else's language that's fine, but all papers should be Swahili.

  It would be wise to have Latin as the =second= language of Europe. 
Everyone uses his own language as he wishes, and if he wants to learn
someone else's language that's fine, but all papers should be Latin.

  It would be wise to have Esperanto as the =second= language of Europe. 
Everyone uses his own language as he wishes, and if he wants to learn
someone else's language that's fine, but all papers should be Esperanto.

  It doesn't matter, in any =absolute= sense, what that second language 
is; the choice of second (auxiliary) language can be chosen by any 
criterion you chose to use.  English and French are proposed on the basis of 
linguistic chauvinism and economic imperialism.  Esperanto is proposed on 
the basis of neutrality and simplicity.

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                              ==----=                    Steve MacGregor
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