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To: Step1 who wrote (35637)	7/2/2003 2:43:48 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 74559

Yes Step1, I can see that I should have been more specific on separating the written and spoken languages. Of course people don't speak in hiragana, kanji or katakana, they speak japanese, so that showed I was referring to written language. But I can see how the use of 'speakers' confused the matter and the brain scans were probably done during speaking rather than reading. From a spoken point of view, the languages will combine faster than in written. Sushi will be pronounced sushi in most languages and bus will sound much like bus in most languages. Internet Explorer also will sound like that. The written words will look like local lingo. Of course the French try to avoid english encroachment into their language. Most people aren't so prissy and just use the international word. Evolution of language will be interesting as the world continues to shrink and cyberspace zooms. Our son tells me that japanese is consistent and easy to learn with none of the arbitary spellings and sounds of english. He's the linguist - I just make up stories about it all. Mqurice