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From: elna@netcom.com (Esperanto League N America)
Subject: Re: Single European language: *NOT* European english
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Organization: Esperanto League for North America, Inc.
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Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 08:17:41 GMT
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aris@sun_f004.daldd.sc.ti.com (Ari Papasakellariou) writes in a recent posting (reference <55pb23$oin$1@superb.csc.ti.com>):
>In every European country, children learn at least two languages,
>and one of them is always English. When two non-native English
>speaking persons meet, chances are that 99.99% of the time they'll
>talk in English.

Is there an on-line *fact-checker*? No, I guess not! What the heck, make
up data-- this is Usenet!!


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