From: Edmund.Grimley-Evans@cl.cam.ac.uk

Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 17:06:41 GMT

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Daily Mail, Thursday, October 20, 1994 - pa^go 55:

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Do we need a world language?

FOR

HOW simple things would be if all the people in the world spoke their

own language plus an international language. What a saving there would

be in time and money and no need for the French to insist on their

language being spoken in the European Commission.

There must be thousands of linguists who would be pleased to help

devise a language which would be acceptable to all.

Esperanto already exists but I believe it is regarded as too biased

towards European tongues to be accepted as a worldwide language.

But is shouldn't be beyond the wit of scholars and politicians to

devise something simple and practical enough to please everyone.

C. ARMSTRONG, Whitehouse, Newton Abbey.

AGAINST

WHATEVER else happens in Europe, we in Britain have one advantage: the

English language. No wonder the French go to such pains to protect

their mother tongue. No wonder the Germans are annoyed at the prospect

of English being used as a common language by the European Union. They

know the power of English to unite the world, in a free enterprise

culture.

The Scandinavian nations about to join the EU are already proficient in

English. Eastern European countries, now free from Russian hegemony,

are choosing to learn English. Forget teaching foreign languages to our

children, we must continue to roll forward the empire of English as the

future for a peaceful world.

D. B. TOMKINS, Surbiton, Surrey.

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