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english isn't enough
This happens quite often. After all is said and done, these inventors all stand on the sholders giants that came before (apologies to Newton). But it is interesting that he spoke English and not Botswanaese. Its clear to me that the world is to ruled by the Brits and us Yankees.
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huh?  CobraA1 | 11/01/06
You would if  wjkahlssmd@... | 11/01/06
I fully support internationalization.  CobraA1 | 11/01/06
English isn't enough  warlord32@... | 11/02/06
I never said it was easy (nt)  CobraA1 | 11/04/06
I'm not sure I agree with...  unoriginal_sin | 11/01/06
exaggeration  falnar69 | 11/03/06
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Charles Atlas  djim | 11/01/06
Yeah!... like Japan... and Germany...  el1jones | 11/01/06
Didn't you read the article?  unoriginal_sin | 11/01/06
Yeah.... but that's not what I'm wondering...  el1jones | 11/02/06
Get over it  antoniovigario@... | 11/01/06
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Typical post for a coward.  B.O.F.H. | 11/01/06
Hey No_Ax  Scrat | 11/02/06
The article...  techguyjames@... | 11/02/06
Meaningless Rights  ITTech001 | 11/01/06
Join a translation team!  The-Bytemaster | 11/01/06
This has nothing to do with a browsers ....  ShadeTree | 11/01/06
Stupid  ahinkle | 11/01/06
Market Economy  jhame652 | 11/01/06
Just because ENGLISH speaking TAX PAYERS  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/01/06
Uhhh...  markdoc.geo | 11/02/06
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english isn't enough  warlord32@... | 11/02/06
Double Uhh...  balsover | 11/02/06
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New Rule!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/01/06
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Corrrect  perryroyce@... | 11/01/06
scanning tunneling microscopes :D? (nt)  CobraA1 | 11/01/06
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Chinese as a second language, and exchange students . . .  CobraA1 | 11/02/06
Pinyin  jhame652 | 11/02/06
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English isn't enough  warlord32@... | 11/02/06
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Clarification  HypnoToad | 11/01/06
heh  CobraA1 | 11/02/06
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Type in previous post. Please remove the first "not" (NT)  luke_sg | 11/01/06
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I am the son of a German immigrant and I am married to a Russian  balsover | 11/02/06
What's the big deal?  voska | 11/01/06
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Being politically correct is over rated  balsover | 11/02/06
UN  mikek@... | 11/02/06
False Rights  Punchey | 11/02/06
refreshing libertarianism!  ken@... | 11/02/06
Rest assured...  rapson | 11/02/06
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English isn't enough  warlord32@... | 11/02/06
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English isn't enough  warlord32@... | 11/02/06
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Why are English users are so irritated??!  fred5122@... | 11/03/06
U.N isn't good enough  Boot_Agnostic | 11/08/06

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