[PRCo] Re: Answer to Fred III's post on bilingual drivers

[robert simpson]

Off-Topic post but indirectly related to transportation
   
  Interesting thought, Fred;
   
  I read in the news last week that China has more English speaking citizens than any other country!    
   
  see also:  http://www.eltnewsletter.com/back/May2002/art992002.htm
   
  and:  http://www.usingenglish.com/esl-in-china/
   
   India is the second just under China - but I don't remember the source.
   
  When I lived in Germany, English language was usually not a problem in the cities - but was a problem in the small towns and villages.  So, I learned to speak German - not fluently because not enough time (was only there for 2 years).  Unfortunately, that was in 1979 and my German has since evaporated because of lack of use.  I still recognize a few words but can no longer effectively communicate in German.
   
  Robert Simpson
  from Krazy Kalifornia - where English is occasionally heard....
Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net> wrote:
  I guess from an economic standpoint ... Chinese is one of those we 
should be learning. I'm not going to say with whom we should cozy 
up. It's probably going to happen whether or not you or like it. 
The world has a population of about 6.6 billion people. China is 
the world's largest country with a population of 1.3 billion or 
almost 20 percent of the world.