Re: Don in DC for Prez

Denis,

For American's doing work in other countries I agree with what I
understand you to be saying here, mainly that we should also learn the
languages/cultures of our business partners when dealing there...  
And, yes, we could do ALOT better than we are doing in that area....  But,
I'm specifically refering to domestic functions and operations.

BUT, one of the best things I ever did was to vote for the state
constitutional ammendment in FL mandating a single language and that the
language be English.  

Allowing a polylingual official, such as our good neighbors to the north
have, would not imho be in the US's best interest.

And, I have to be careful how much more I yammer on this before Dave
ding's me for being off subject...:)

Don in DC

On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Denis Robitaille wrote:

> Just to give a different light on this sensitive subject, may i remind you of 
>the fact that most of the non american people that do biseniss in or with the 
>US at least try to do it in the language spoken there, that is english. Very, 
>very, very few americans worker/company/citizen can make the same claim. To 
>give you an example, I am a french canadian and i am contacted almost every 
>day by company, both canadian and US. And among the litarally hundreds of US 
>company that contacted me over the years, i have never heard more than an 
>hello in french and, maybe, a half dozen apologies for not being able to speak 
>french. The united states is the most powerfull contry in the world, but it is 
>not the only one...
> 
> Denis Robitaille
> Cascades inc.
> Tel: 819-363-5187
> DRobitaille@cascades.com
> 
> >>> <jccats@bright.net> 11/17 7:28 am >>>
> ...
>  as long as they are able to comprehend what I'm attempting to say and
> vice versa. But it is frustrating when you must repeat things several times
> because they are attempting to understand you.
> 
> 
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