Unesco: Languages under threat

Mxsmanic wrote:
A Human Being writes:

Cultures are exported with people. France or at least Paris has a large
number of American expats.

If I remember correctly, there are only a few tens of thousands of
Americans living in France.

Are there as many French people living in the US?

Again IIRC, there are about ten times as many French people living in
the USA as there are Americans living in France, which means that the
French are perhaps 50 times more likely to emigrate to the USA than
Americans are to emigrate to France.

But the USA is also much larger in size and unless the emigrants live
in close knit communities it would be difficult to preserve one's own
culture.


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On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 08:49:30 +0200, "Terry Richards"
wrote:


"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
.. .
Again IIRC, there are about ten times as many French people living in
the USA as there are Americans living in France,

I have no idea if this is true but let's take it as given.

which means that the
French are perhaps 50 times more likely to emigrate to the USA than
Americans are to emigrate to France.

Would you care to explain the mathematics behind that statement? How does a
10:1 ratio result from a 50:1 ratio? Do the French emigrate to the USA to
die? Do 80% of them get lost on the way?

It's the population difference. The USA has five times the
population of France, and five times ten is fifty.

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On 25 Aug 2006 00:19:32 -0700, wrote:


Mxsmanic wrote:
The French
themselves, in their bizarre doublethink, simultaneously complain
about other cultures and they adopt them wholesale, especially U.S.
culture.

Nothing in what you write suggests that you have the remotest clue what
French culture actually *is*, or that you are appropriately positioned
to comment on it. Your unsupported pronouncements on the subject may
therefore not necesarily be accepted as fact by a reader.

James Baldwin went to live in Paris after WW2 because he
understood that he might escape American racism, like Josephine
Baker. But he found he couldn't accept the cultural differences,
and wrote about it in his fascinating book, _Notes of a Native
Son_.

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Dave Frightens Me wrote:

On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:27:23 +0200, *~* Magda *~*
wrote:

On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:15:02 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Dave Frightens Me
arranged some electrons, so they looked like
this:

... ... ... Corgi bit me 'nads writes:
... ... ...
... ... ... In Africa, 80% of oral dialects are in danger of dying out
... ... ...
... ... ... More than half of the 6000 languages spoken in the world today may
... ... ... disappear by the end of the century, the UN cultural organisation
... ... ... Unesco said on the occasion of International Mother Language Day.
... ... ...
... ... ... So?
... ... ...
... ... ... I'll join Mixi at this point to say who really cares.
... ...
... ... Not the devil-may-cares...
... ...
... ... I just can't see the point in trying to preserve numerous under-used
... ... dialects.
...
... Sure. Who cares when a part of our very culture goes down the drain? Creation, Tradition,
... Communication, Folklore, History... all ****, isn't it?
...
... All of that can occur with whatever language, can't it?

What's your point? That some languages are not important given that other languages can
fulfill their purpose?

It's like saying that it does not matter if your wife dies - you can find a replacement.

Yes, it's just like that. These things are readily replaceable, just
like a pair on boots.


Can Marvelous Magda prove that she doesn't beat her husband...???

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Greg

Corgi bit me 'nads wrote:

Mxsmanic wrote:
Corgi bit me 'nads writes:

you dont know what you've got til its gone......

Often true for chicken pox and polio.


Adolf and his master plan.....


gRunge and his peculiar dialect of "Franglish"...

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+*~* Mazda *~*+ wrote:

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:19:21 +0200, *~* Magda *~*
wrote:

On 22 Aug 2006 06:03:56 -0700, in rec.travel.europe, "A Human Being"
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

...
... Mxsmanic wrote:
... Martin writes:
...
... Something you have tried?
...
... I don't believe in unconditionally preserving everything forever. I'm
... even beginning to have my doubts about French.
...
... Why ?

Talking to yourself again?

Or just pondering life's slings and blows.


In your case isn't it "_f_lings and blows"...???



Gottle of geer!


More likely "gottle of lice - a - cide", dearie....

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Martin wrote:

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:11:14 +0100, "JohnT"
wrote:


"A Human Being" wrote in message
ups.com...

Mxsmanic wrote:
Martin writes:

Something you have tried?

I don't believe in unconditionally preserving everything forever. I'm
even beginning to have my doubts about French.

Why ?

Why don't you both go back to America?

You will only need one ticket.

The dummy can go in the checked in luggage.


Maybe there will also be room for deflated LOVE DOLL Jacqueline...

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Greg

Mxsmanic wrote:

Corgi bit me 'nads writes:

In Africa, 80% of oral dialects are in danger of dying out

More than half of the 6000 languages spoken in the world today may
disappear by the end of the century, the UN cultural organisation
Unesco said on the occasion of International Mother Language Day.

So?


You didn't collect stamps, have pen - friends, and study Esperanto as a
kid...???

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Greg

Gregory Morrow wrote:
Martin wrote:

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:11:14 +0100, "JohnT"
wrote:


"A Human Being" wrote in message
ups.com...

Mxsmanic wrote:
Martin writes:

Something you have tried?

I don't believe in unconditionally preserving everything forever. I'm
even beginning to have my doubts about French.

Why ?

Why don't you both go back to America?

You will only need one ticket.

The dummy can go in the checked in luggage.


Maybe there will also be room for deflated LOVE DOLL Jacqueline...

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Best
Greg

u mean rancid sex dwarf

On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:47:39 +0200, Martin
wrote:

On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:37:01 -0700, Hatunen wrote:

On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 08:49:30 +0200, "Terry Richards"
wrote:


"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
...
Again IIRC, there are about ten times as many French people living in
the USA as there are Americans living in France,

I have no idea if this is true but let's take it as given.

which means that the
French are perhaps 50 times more likely to emigrate to the USA than
Americans are to emigrate to France.

Would you care to explain the mathematics behind that statement? How does a
10:1 ratio result from a 50:1 ratio? Do the French emigrate to the USA to
die? Do 80% of them get lost on the way?

It's the population difference. The USA has five times the
population of France, and five times ten is fifty.

The relative size of the populations has nothing to do with the
probability that either population will emigrate to the other.

Proportion of immigration seems to be the point here. But it's
not my claim in the first place.

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