[Elecraft] My Lisagram arrived!

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In a message dated 2/17/2008 8:20:51 P.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
w7aqk at cox.net writes:

----- Original Message -----  
From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <ron at cobi.biz>
To:  <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:44  PM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] My Lisagram arrived!


> As a native  of the USA married to a native of the 
> Netherlands, my favorite
>  is this:
>
> "What do you call someone who speaks two languages?"  
> Answer: "Bilingual".
>
> "What do you call someone who  speaks one language?" 
> Answer: "An American".
>
> Ron  AC7AC
>

And, unfortunately, not very well as a general  rule!

Dave  W7AQK


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Don't be surprised if you see things changing in the future.  I've  been 
involved with technology engineering in foreign markets for over 40 years  and  
teaching in a high school technology program for over 20 of those  years. Now 
I'm retired from engineering and teaching 4 classes a day at the  nearby high 
school. I'm certificated staff and that requires me to be fluent in  several 
languages. Locally that's English, Spanish, and several asian dialects.  As luck 
would have it my parents were/are fluent in German and I studied French,  
neither of which has been of great value except in the case  of Vietnamese.  
Anyway - the point is the students in one class of 21  alone are an aggregate of 5 
different languages and we freely use them in  classroom dialogue to 
communicate with each other - that's the trend of the  future.  Why do I bother with 
this? Teaching technology is only as good as  your ability to communicate and 
these students will be in high demand for their  ability. I already have two 
kids who just realized they have relatives in a  position  to export from our 
number one exporter (China) and have found a  renewed interest in their 
education. (Ever wish you could talk to the guy who  designed your motherboard) For a 
lot of people, you call someone who speaks two  languages "Boss."
 
 73 es gud luck in the contest : )
 
Al WA6VNN
 
 



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