Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
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From: The Reid on 16 Aug 2006 03:48 Following up to dgs >Oh, and Seattle population is barely 600,000; the metro area is less >than three million. i understand it has mountiains too. -- Mike Reid I will agree bendybuses are a good idea when they build bungalows on Mayfair Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk"
From: The Reid on 16 Aug 2006 03:48 Following up to barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk >Or, on the other hand, we could recognise that most attempts at discussing >it are perceived (even if not intended) as oneupmanship, and abandon the >project entirely... I thought Euro v US willy waving was our hobby? -- Mike Reid I will agree bendybuses are a good idea when they build bungalows on Mayfair Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk"
From: Tchiowa on 16 Aug 2006 04:32 The Reid wrote: > Following up to Hatunen > > >>that's a classic, "everybody in Europe speaks English". Is the > >>man trolling? > > > >In all fairness, he didn't say "everybody". > > > True, but "almost all" is just as silly and if not a troll > indicates someone who has never moved outside major tourist > spots. . Tourist spots??? English is the primary and *official* language of government for the EU. It is the primary language of business throughout the EU. It is the primary language for education throughout the EU. Time to get back into the current century. http://linguistlist.org/issues/12/12-166.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3143464.stm "Italians place a very high importance on learning languages, particularly English. Fifteen years ago it was quite difficult to find an English speaker here but today it is relatively easy."
From: Tchiowa on 16 Aug 2006 04:40 The Reid wrote: > Following up to Carole Allen > > >and Europeans can travel between most countries without going through > >any kind of passport control. > > there's no place for common sense in this debate. Plenty of common sense in the discussion. It's your ability to comprehend that is at question. > The French speak English in the street, Many do. And the government of France is now using English. Did you see where Chirac walked out of a meeting because one of his ministers decided to use English? >Scotland is Balkanising itself from the UK No, not *IS*. *DID*. Scotland was "owned" by England at one time and split off with a rather violent revolution. Check your history books. > and every state of the union has a different language, (I believe its Basque in Idaho). Dialects, common languages, minority languages, etc. Are you so naive about the US not to realize that a significant percentage don't speak English as a first language? And that some (I believe around 5-10%) don't speak English at all?
From: Dave Frightens Me on 16 Aug 2006 06:31
On 16 Aug 2006 01:40:52 -0700, "Tchiowa" <tchiowa2(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >The Reid wrote: >> Following up to Carole Allen >> >> >and Europeans can travel between most countries without going through >> >any kind of passport control. >> >> there's no place for common sense in this debate. > >Plenty of common sense in the discussion. It's your ability to >comprehend that is at question. You're all alone here. No one seems to wants to support your point of view, because you are not making sense. >> The French speak English in the street, > >Many do. Many? Yes, maybe a whopping 1% speak some English in the street. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- -- |