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From: hinsenk@cyclone.ERE.UMontreal.CA (Hinsen Konrad)
Subject: Re: EU Policy on Language
In-Reply-To: ghosh@cs.pitt.edu's message of 15 Feb 1995 04:25:20 GMT
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In article <3hrvng$i2a@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu> ghosh@cs.pitt.edu (Sunondo Ghosh) writes:

   In general, language is not a problem if people want to communicate with
   each other.

True. Unfortunately, there are many situations in life where people
*have to* communicate with each other without enjoying it. I can't
say I enjoyed the conversation with some bureaucrats over my work
permit this morning. And I was careful not to try speaking French
there - I know from previous experience that this is not at all
appreciated (as it is by most of the population in Quebec), but
rather used to humiliate the stupid guys who don't even speak
French correctly.

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