In a message dated 5/6/00 6:19:32 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:
<< I
mean really taught, other languages. We all seem to get by our 2 years of
Spanish or French in high school, but most of USA quickly forget it. >>
I intentionally did not take Spanish because of the prejudice we had in
growing up "Anglo"(gringo?) in San Santonio. I took a year of French in
college and doctoral French at UT Austin. I have regretted andd paid for this
many times. But geographically we are isolated compared to people in Europe
or the Middle East.