OT!: Foreign or not?

[Marc]

Regarding that German post to the list.

Aqua mentioned that this being a US based list...

That brought to mind that not so long ago when the US was making the 
fundamental decisions that would frame the country as it is now, it 
was only one single vote that instead made English the official 
language. The language the US would have otherwise been speaking? - 
German.

Had the French won those earlier battles with the Brits, vous serez 
tous en train de parler Francais.

Give it another few decades and parts of the country may yet become 
bi-lingual. How about getting used to that with more Spanish posts. 
Ola!

Then again, maybe we should give credit to earlier claimants to most 
of the continent. Admitedly, not much electronics in those days. But 
then - credit to the Japanese, to whose market we 2400ers may owe the 
existence of our small machines.

And let's not even start considering where our components come from. 
How many blue keyboards out there? RAM modules? Toshiba drives?

Reckon that those limited to just English, should be thankful for the 
effort being made by listers in all the other countries that are 
allowing for that handicap. Would be enlightening to know the 
percentage of posts originating from countries with their own 
language.

Yes, a US based/maintained list, (of Candian origins) but 
international knowledge, so thanks to the rest of the world for 
making allowances.

Personally, my vote goes to making this the friendliest place on the 
International net! The more the merrier, and the better off we all 
are.

My two cents, one UK penny, treize centimes, couple of Yen...

Marc