it's the defacto trade language

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by SpiceWare

9/28/02 10:43:55 PM

it's the defacto trade language

I saw a PBS special a few years back on the history of the English language. One of the things mentioned was that English was often the "language of business" between European countries, even if none of the countries involved natively spoke English.

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Turks seize 33 pounds of weapons grade uranium. - (Another Scott) - (24) - Sept. 28, 2002, 11:30:57 AM EDT

Probably being smuggled into Israel non of the arabs want it -NT - (boxley) - Sept. 28, 2002, 12:02:26 PM EDT

Obvious question - (ben_tilly) - (4) - Sept. 28, 2002, 12:08:24 PM EDT

No way of knowing. That's part of what makes it scary. :-( -NT - (Another Scott) - (3) - Sept. 28, 2002, 01:31:56 PM EDT

Re: Also scary is ... - (dmarker2) - (2) - Sept. 28, 2002, 01:37:28 PM EDT

That's Even More Scary -NT - (deSitter) - (1) - Sept. 29, 2002, 11:52:45 AM EDT

..but.. - (deSitter) - Sept. 29, 2002, 11:54:06 AM EDT

Cylinder says "Made in W. Germany" - (Another Scott) - (5) - Sept. 28, 2002, 02:24:57 PM EDT

If it was made in Germany... - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Sept. 28, 2002, 02:24:47 PM EDT

What Ben said - - (Ashton) - Sept. 28, 2002, 05:06:33 PM EDT

it's the defacto trade language - (SpiceWare) - Sept. 28, 2002, 10:43:55 PM EDT

W? - (mhuber) - (1) - Sept. 28, 2002, 07:52:50 PM EDT

Yup that does seem strange. But Life/2 not an issue. - (Another Scott) - Sept. 29, 2002, 01:07:31 AM EDT

My questions. - (Brandioch) - (3) - Sept. 28, 2002, 10:43:10 PM EDT

a couple of answers ooma - (boxley) - Sept. 28, 2002, 10:58:25 PM EDT

Re: My questions. - (Ashton) - (1) - Sept. 29, 2002, 06:45:19 AM EDT

Ditto. And some more links. - (Another Scott) - Sept. 29, 2002, 09:47:34 AM EDT

Nothing to see here. Move along. - (marlowe) - Sept. 29, 2002, 02:15:42 PM EDT

Nothing to see here: tiny amount of (some kind of) U - (Ashton) - (5) - Sept. 29, 2002, 08:11:43 PM EDT

Yup. 5 oz. Suspects were released too. - (altmann) - (4) - Sept. 29, 2002, 08:18:21 PM EDT

WTF? - (Brandioch) - (1) - Sept. 29, 2002, 09:03:35 PM EDT

It is much easier to "explain" what happened when there... - (a6l6e6x) - Sept. 29, 2002, 09:42:28 PM EDT

How do they manage to miscount by that much? - (marlowe) - (1) - Sept. 30, 2002, 09:08:03 AM EDT

I don't smell anything fishy... - (Simon_Jester) - Sept. 30, 2002, 09:41:58 AM EDT

5 oz of zinc, iron, zirconium and manganese seized. - (Another Scott) - Sept. 30, 2002, 10:00:29 PM EDT

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