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Dallas writes:

About 1/4 of the Dallas cable TV channels are in Spanish.

As hard as it may be for residents of the city to accept, there is more to the
world outside of Dallas.

In rec.aviation.piloting Mxsmanic wrote:
Dallas writes:

About 1/4 of the Dallas cable TV channels are in Spanish.

As hard as it may be for residents of the city to accept, there is more to the
world outside of Dallas.

What a clueless twit.

--
Jim Pennino

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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Dallas writes:

About 1/4 of the Dallas cable TV channels are in Spanish.

As hard as it may be for residents of the city to accept, there is more to
the
world outside of Dallas.

How about those 1040 instructions printed in Spanish, or did you forget to
file (again)?

El Maximo writes:

How about those 1040 instructions printed in Spanish, or did you forget to
file (again)?

The United States is also only a small fraction of the world, and it has an
obsession with political correctness and a substantial minority of Spanish
speakers that most nations do not share.

The odd thing is that most people in the U.S. who can speak only Spanish are
illiterate in both English _and_ Spanish.

On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:08:16 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote:

As hard as it may be for residents of the city to accept, there is more to the
world outside of Dallas.

Tell ya what...

Why don't you make a list of all the foreign countries you've been to and
I'll respond with a list of my own and we'll see who's got the widest world
view.

--
Dallas

Dallas wrote:
On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:08:16 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote:

As hard as it may be for residents of the city to accept, there is
more to the world outside of Dallas.

Tell ya what...

Why don't you make a list of all the foreign countries you've been to
and I'll respond with a list of my own and we'll see who's got the
widest world view.

That'd be fine, except he lies like a rug! Would anyone here buy a car from
Mx?

Dallas writes:

Tell ya what...

Why don't you make a list of all the foreign countries you've been to and
I'll respond with a list of my own and we'll see who's got the widest world
view.

I spoke of the world; you countered with an observation concerning the city of
Dallas.

On Jun 30, 12:14 am, Dallas wrote:
On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:08:16 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote:
As hard as it may be for residents of the city to accept, there is more to the
world outside of Dallas.

Tell ya what...

Why don't you make a list of all the foreign countries you've been to and
I'll respond with a list of my own and we'll see who's got the widest world
view.

--
Dallas

Dallas,

Absolutely no offense intended, but Mx is mostly right on this one.

The number of Dallas Area stations speaking Spanish, or, hell, the
percentage of US Residents Speaking Spanish is utterly irrelevant when
it comes to measuring or comparing its relative value as an
international language.

To think that the language distribution in anyones particular region
of residence has any bearing what-so-ever on how that language shows
nothing but an over-valued sense of local importance.

Of course, in the same breath that Mx is criticizing you guys, he is
committing the same fallacy- asserting that French is an international
language on a par with English... The only people in the world who
hold French in that regard are the French, in their classic
nationalistic delusion of relevance (not to mention the centuries old
****ing contest with England they refuse to admit they lost when they
surrendered during WWII).

That said, English's standing a the world standard language of
business is far from assured, however. While the 20th century was
Exceedingly good to the British and Americans, it remains to be seen
whether or not they can retain their dominance, especially if China
turns into the economic power-house it aspires too (especially if they
succeed in undermining American Economic power in the process, as they
are actively working to do).

Mxsmanic wrote:
Dallas writes:

About 1/4 of the Dallas cable TV channels are in Spanish.

As hard as it may be for residents of the city to accept, there is
more to the world outside of Dallas.

Well, there is at least one thing NOT outside the Dallas area. The Dallas
cable TV system.

Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote:

Dallas writes:


About 1/4 of the Dallas cable TV channels are in Spanish.

As hard as it may be for residents of the city to accept, there is
more to the world outside of Dallas.


Well, there is at least one thing NOT outside the Dallas area. The Dallas
cable TV system.



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