On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 05:32:34PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > Successfully spreading your empire (and thus your language) around > the world /de facto/ dilutes your ownership of the language, by > virtue of each group you teach it to morphing it to their own needs. Yep, the Americans don't even need to invade the country anymore. -- "Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet." -- Napoleon Bonaparte