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2008-02-26 Caribbean-Latin America

Venezuela seeks oust English biz, tech terms like 'marketing,' 'mouse'

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Posted by Fred 2008-02-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 The French went thru this awhile back, fighting against le cheeseburger and such. How did that work out for them? Hopefully, Hugo will pursue this to the level of comic buffoonery.

Posted by SteveS 2008-02-26 00:28|| 2008-02-26 00:28|| Front Page Top

#2 There are (almost) a million words in English but only 250,000 in Spanish.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-02-26 07:05|| 2008-02-26 07:05|| Front Page Top

#3 A centrally run language will fail in exactly the same way as a centrally run economy and for the same reasons!

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-02-26 07:12|| 2008-02-26 07:12|| Front Page Top

#4 "we also prohibit such gringo words as 'profit', 'income', 'low inflation', 'infrastructure maintenance', etc....although you will not likely have the need for them in our socialist paradise future anyway!"

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-02-26 08:35|| 2008-02-26 08:35|| Front Page Top

#5 How about "pendejo estupido"?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-02-26 12:51|| 2008-02-26 12:51|| Front Page Top

#6 Spanish, French, Italian and many other European languages are all vulgar anyway. If Hugo and the French really want to deny the evolution of languages and be such purists about it they should be speaking Latin. What about TV, Hugo? What do you call that? How do you come up with a Spanish word for something that was invented by English speaking Americans? But don't feel too bad. Any language that can come up with terms like "pendejo estupido" is OK with me. :)

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-02-26 15:07|| 2008-02-26 15:07|| Front Page Top

#7 I share an office with a fellow from Venezuela. When I told him about Hugo's latest stupidity, he said that most Venezuelans would probably respond by saying "OK" - a very American expression.

Posted by Rambler in California">Rambler in California 2008-02-26 16:20|| 2008-02-26 16:20|| Front Page Top

#8 Let's go a little further in this moronic thought game. The Spanish came in as invaders. So get rid of the imperialistic Spanish language and all the related trappings, hardware, etc, and while you are at it, burn all the wheels.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2008-02-26 16:22|| 2008-02-26 16:22|| Front Page Top

#9 Was it somewhere here this week that it was reported that there are over 1,600 languages in the world today, but that only 700 or so are expected to be around 100 years from now?

Maybe Hugo's Spanish is on the proverbial chopping block, eh?

Posted by BA 2008-02-26 20:09|| 2008-02-26 20:09|| Front Page Top

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