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From: biep@klipper.UUCP (J. A. "Biep" Durieux)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Official Language Of USA
Message-ID: <433@klipper.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 8-Mar-85 12:17:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  8 12:17:00 1985
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In article <692@ccice5.UUCP> rdz@ccice5.UUCP (Robert D. Zarcone) writes:

>> If language is such a barrier to commerce and travel, how does Quebec
>> survive as a part of Canada?  How do the many members of the Common Market
>> successfully communicate?  How did I get my Toyota?

>In answer to your three questions:
>
>1.  Not very well [:-/-)]
>2.  In a COMMON language
>3.  Bought it? [:-)]

About the second question/answer:
	The Common Market doesn't have a common language, and communication
is one of its hardest problems. During a debate 7*6=42 simultaneous trans-
lations have to take place, and imagine what happens if Spain and Portugal
enter...
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							  Biep.
	{seismo|decvax|philabs}!mcvax!vu44!botter!klipper!biep

Hi, NSA, you read this, since I say KGB, El Salvador, DES decryption and CIA.