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Hello David - 

DD>  Al salaam a'alaykum Charles 

DD> 24 Jul 03 06:59, Charles Angelich wrote to David Drummond: 

CA>>>> Hard as it is to believe there are people and countries
CA>>>> that have survived with no Latin-based derivatives. I
CA>>>> don't think the Japanese (for instance) would miss Latin
CA>>>> at all. 

DD>>> Yeah, but how many USAians want to speak Japanese? 

CA>> According to my grandchildren Japanese has replaced Latin
CA>> as the 'recommended' elective when selecting a foreign
CA>> language to learn in high school. 

DD> Of course, so they can get jobs in the future pandering to
DD> Japanese tourists. 

Is that what your plans are with the "Al salaam a'alaykum"
thing? Butler for an oil sheik maybe? ;-) 

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