blake murphy > wrote in news:1pb8icf7dsz4y
:

> well, they should speak english, as god intended and jesus did.

I'd be careful in interpreting what gods intend. English is losing
ground on the Internet. In the beginning, it was 100% of Internet use,
but as recently as 2001-2002, English was reduced to 38.3%, and 37.9%
this year, so not increasing. That means that 62% of people (currently
63.1%) using the Internet are doing so in other languages. So if a god
wanted people to speak English, he should have made sure they only spoke
that.

2000: http://www.translate-to-success.com/...guage-use.html

2009: http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats7.htm

Which reminds me of this great story.

An Englishwoman who had been running a mission in the Bengal for thirty
years returned to London in 1844 and was a guest at a tea given by the
British Bible Society. She starts talking with a young man who informs
her the Bible Society has translated the Bible into Bengali.

NOTE: Indeed, in 1844 the Bible Society announced that the Bible had been
translated into every language (not strictly true, but close enough for
folk music).

The young man asked her: "How many cases do you wish for your mission?"

She looked at him aghast and sputtered: "If the King's English was good
enough for Saint John, it's good enough for those barbarians!"

Plus çà change, plus c'est la même chose. :-)

ObFood: I have a loaf of Gluten Free and Wheat Free Buckwheat bread
baking in the oven right now.

http://www.suretalent-books.com/reci...5&Gluten-Free-
Recipe=Gluten-Free%20Dairy%20Free%20Buckwheat%20Bread

http://tinyurl.com/pw6vhw

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