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Message no. 1
From: Jani Fikouras <feanor@**********.UNI-BREMEN.DE>
Subject: Language Poll Second Edition :)
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 16:33:43 +0100
So thanks to some late arrivals this is the new updated second edition
of my little poll - If anyone out there still wants to vote I'd be happy
to oblige him :)

0 : Monolingual in that language
1 : Fluent or close to fluent in that language
2 : Can get by in that lanhuage
3 : Some knowledge of that language
4 : Knows how to count etc.

total votes, 44.

English:
(American) 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
(British) 0,0,0
(Aussie) 0,0
(Other) 1,1,1,3,1,1,1,1,1
German: 1,2,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,1,3,3,3
Polish: 1
Russian: 1,2,1,3,3,3
Greek: 1,1
French: 3,3,2,3,2,3,1,3,2,2
Italian: 3,1
Arabic: 3
Swedish: 1
Latin: 3,2,3
Dutch: 1,3,1,3
Chinese: 3
Spanish: 2,2,1,3,3,2,2,1
Japanese: 3,3,3,3
Sign Language: 3
Yiddish: 4,3
Korean: 4,3
Vietnamese: 4
Welsch: 2
Gaelic: 3
Middle English: 2
Hebrew: 2

??? Section

Tayledras/Shin'a'in: 3

:) Section

Klingon: 1,2
Romulan: 4
Elven: 2,3
technobabble: 3,1,1,2
tcshell: 1,3,2
Perl: 2
GFA-BASIC: 3
Terrapin Logo: 3
Basic: 1,2,2,1,1
Pascal: 1,2,2,1,1
C++: 2,2
Modula-2: 1,2
C: 2,2,1,1
memacs: 2
trekbabble: 1,2
UNIX: 2,2
Amiga-OS: 2,2
Visual Basic: 1
Assembly???: 1
Ada: 1

--
"Believe in Angels." -- The Crow

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L+>+++ 3 E--- N+ K W(+)(---) M-- !V(--) -po+(---) Y+ t++ 5+ !j(-) R+++(--)
!G tv(++) b++ D+ B- e+ u++(-) h*(+) f+ r- n!(----) y?
Message no. 2
From: SilverFire <SSHERMAN@****.STEVENS-TECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Language Poll Second Edition :)
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 15:05:29 -0500
I'm just curious who voted for the Tayledras/Shin'a'in since I've read
the same books that has those languages.


SilverFire

"Why is destiny always beckoning to every PUNK who comes along?"

Wolverine

"Scorpio Rising"
Message no. 3
From: Bona na Croin <MHILLIARD@****.ALBION.EDU>
Subject: Re: Language Poll Second Edition :)
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 17:00:17 -0500
> I'm just curious who voted for the Tayledras/Shin'a'in since I've read
>the same books that has those languages.

>SilverFire

Guilty! It was me. *grin* And ifn' I'd known there was a "Trekbabble"
category I'd of given myself a 1 in that too. Just today at lunch I
was told to get a life.

=)
Ffelann
Message no. 4
From: "Brenda D. Lundt" <BLUNDT@*****.SMITH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Language Poll Second Edition :)
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 19:30:59 -0500
Isn't it amusing that the only monoliingual people on the poll speak english?
More sad than amusing really.

just a thought-
bren
Message no. 5
From: Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Language Poll Second Edition :)
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 10:26:20 +0930
Brenda D. Lundt wrote:
>
> Isn't it amusing that the only monoliingual people on the poll speak english?
> More sad than amusing really.
>

I actually thought it was fairly obvious, seeing as how the main traffic on
the list is in English.

After all, monolingual people of non-English speaking (well, reading)
backgrounds wouldn't have understood the call for the survey. :)

--
Robert Watkins bob@**.ntu.edu.au
Real Programmers never work 9 to 5. If any real programmers
are around at 9 am, it's because they were up all night.
Finger me for my geek code
Message no. 6
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Language Poll Second Edition :)
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 11:33:39 +0100
>Isn't it amusing that the only monoliingual people on the poll speak english?

That's because they're Americans...


Gurth@******.nl - Gurth@***.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
Oooh! Smells like a job for ... TOILETMAN!!
Geek Code v2.1: GS/AT/! -d+ H s:- !g p?(3) !au a>? w+(+++) v*(---) C+(++) U
P? !L !3 E? N++ K- W+ -po+(po) Y+ t(+) 5 !j R+(++)>+++$ tv+(++) b+@ D+(++)
B? e+ u+@ h! f--(?) !r(--)(*) n---->!n y?
Message no. 7
From: "Bracket <la7hfw@*****.ucc.hull.ac.uk>"
Subject: Re: Language Poll Second Edition :)
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 12:32:12 +0100
On Mon, 27 Feb 1995, Gurth wrote:

> >Isn't it amusing that the only monoliingual people on the poll speak english?
>
> That's because they're Americans...

I'm largely monolingual - and I'm English......

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Message no. 8
From: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@****.CAIS.COM>
Subject: Re: Language Poll Second Edition :)
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 12:14:16 -0500
On Sun, 26 Feb 1995, Brenda D. Lundt wrote:

> Isn't it amusing that the only monoliingual people on the poll speak english?
> More sad than amusing really.

How come? This is an English-language list, so I'm sure that
people who are monolingual and do /not/ speak English wouldn't enjoy it
very much. *grin*

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Message no. 9
From: "Jeremy T. Fox" <fox@******.RICE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Language Poll Second Edition :)
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 13:54:19 +0001
On Sun, 26 Feb 1995, Brenda D. Lundt wrote:


> Isn't it amusing that the only monoliingual people on the poll speak
> english?
> More sad than amusing really.

Perhaps the reason is someone who spoke only say, Spanish, would have a
hard time understanding the conversations on the list. This list is in
English; non-English speaking, monolingual people cannot participate.
This is neither "sad" nor "amusing". It is a function of the list
requirements.


Jeremy T. Fox Baker College
fox@****.edu Rice University
(713) 630-8024 6320 S. Main St.
I think I'm an econ major... Houston TX, 77005

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