International Unix (:-)

[Andy Linton]

In article <864 at mcvax.UUCP> piet at mcvax.UUCP (Piet Beertema) writes:
>
>	>Wouldn't it be easier to convince the Europeans to speak English? :-)
>Far easier would it be to get all Americans to speak Dutch... :-)
>
I agree with piet but....
Wouldn't Gaelic be a better choice - hardly anyone knows any so
we all start out equal (I have already started). There are only
sixteen characters in the alphabet with two extra symbols
(sineadh fada - it looks like the french acute accent and the
inclusion of the letter 'h' to indicate aspiration of the preceding
letter. We may even be able to reduce the number of bits in a byte!
All the Americans who claim Irish or Scottish extraction
will have an inherent ability to master this as it is part of
their unconscious folk heritage(:-).
I don't want my culture (Anglo-Irish) swamped by the American
one any more than the rest of the Europeans do. After all
'Live the difference' doesn't have the same ring to it in
English as in French.

Slainte mhaith,
Andy

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