[PRCo] Re: Languages

[Holland Electric Rwy. Op. H.E.R.O. -- Import SPTC 1.48 Models // James B. Holland]

Fred Schneider wrote:
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>.......Under my breath I chuckled.   Americans learn another language, I thought.      Never, I thought.   But I know some who have.
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There's another misconception    ----    Euros learn another language 
simply because of that Ol' Saw:

"""Necessity is Mother Of Invention!"""       NOT  because citizens of  
U.S.A.  any less intelligent.

Euros step out of their house and someone is talking another language  
--  not uncommon for one part of the  ""country""  to speak a language 
totally different from another part of the country.       And the 
countries are no larger than our average State  --  Most Of Them  --  so 
another language is available Just Down The Street Across The Dotted 
Line! :-) ! ;-) ! :-D ! :-P ! =-O ! 8-) !       3-Thousand miles Pond To 
Pond here, go north and they still Spik Ingrish  --  Sous is another 
matter.       Not Necessary to learn another language here    ----    
Mother  was  Thrown  Out  With  The  Bath  Water!!!!!!!



>>>>James B. Holland wrote:
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>>>>I see Not A Few Europeans on my bus  --  for those who live here in the U.S.A. for a time  (student visa, temp work visa, etc.  --  NOT  just vacationers)  I ask them where they would rather live  --  There or  U.S.A.     ----    WITHOUT    Hesitation they say  U.S.A........
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>>On Apr 15, 2006, at 11:56 AM, John Swindler wrote:
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>>I was amused a few weeks ago when Fred the Third asked our foreign exchange student if she was anxious to return to her home in Germany, and she replied with a resounding  - 'NO!!'
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>>That said, suspect it is the exception, rather then the rule.
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>>As my father commented several times many years ago concerning all those who criticized American -"no one was forcing them the stay."  That could not be said for other parts of the world.
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>>The net migration (when you discard the southern hemisphere moving north) still seems to be headed to the USA.  I enjoy visiting Europe and their transit systems (how's that, Derrick, for trying to get back on topic??),  but don't think I'd want to live/retire there.
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>>John
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>>>Marlene is one of my regular passengers  (so if you wish to verify this story, Ride My Bus  --  if she doesn't show, I know where she works!!)       Her husband is German, born and raised there, so with the qualifier of setting aside All Politics, I asked her if Mike would like to return to Germany to live?       """Absolutely Not  --  He  Hated It  There."""       Very strong language, but that is what she said.        Mike's mothers cousin married an American soldier so he had access to the base in Germany and watched American and Western movies All The Time.       He became single minded in his determination to move to the  U.S.A.  ASAP  and did so.       Started at Columbia U, finished his degree at SF State  --  he has been here well over three decades and hasn't looked back.       Marlene is Japanese American, born and raised in Hawaii.      She has family in Japan, loves her visits there, fantasizes about moving there and living in a bed of roses but Knows It Would Be Otherwise.       Japanese society is Highly Structured   --  she likes structure  --  but also Class Conscious and with her born outside the country, she would be a misfit and shunned!
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>>>Not Unlike Europe  --  much national // ethnic prejudice there  --  basis of skirmishes // wars in the last half century!
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>>>It is  NOT  that Europe, Germany, Japan, nor the  U.S.A.  are bad    ----    just appealikng to some and not so appealing to others    ----    like beauty, it is all in the eye of the beholder.
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>>>Best  Wishes  to  One  And  All  For  A  Blessed  Easter!
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>>>Jim
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