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Re: a dumb query? pls humor me



Am Mittwoch, den 07.03.2007, 09:02 +0000 schrieb Liam O'Toole:
> On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:12:19 +0100
> Michael Dominok <du.lists@dominok.net> wrote:
> 
> > Am Mittwoch, den 07.03.2007, 07:06 +0000 schrieb Liam O'Toole:
> > > It's thanks to the old Soviet Union that we in
> > > Western Europe are not speaking only German. It's thanks to the US
> > > that we're not speaking only Russian.
> > > 
> > > :-) 
> > > 
> > 
> > And thanks to whom and when will we be able to stop speaking only
> > english? 
> > 
> I see plenty of linguistic diversity in Europe. Or are you referring to
> this newsgroup?

Well, if you're talking about languages literally you're above statement
is nonsens. There was "plenty of linguistic diversity" in the USSR or
the Third Reich. 



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