Re: Racism increase in Yorkshire

In article <2h8ff1dd46t71pug60suvr3iba46uda2ej@xxxxxxx>, cynic_999
@yahoo.co.uk says...
> >I'll jump in again, I thought you understood.
>
> How could I understand what you did not say?

I am not trying to score a point, I do realise how my post could be
misread as to what I was trying to get over.


> >That clearer?
>
> As is is totally different to what you first claimed, the word hardly
> applies.

As above, I thought I posted my point clearly, I accept I did not,
looking back.

> >The poster who said Mandarin was correct, I mixed Cantonese with
> >Mandarin.
> >Mandarin speakers (as a first language) outnumber English speakers (as a
> >first language) by a ratio of 2 to 1
>
> And how do the number of people *in total* who can speak fluent
> Mandarin stack up against the total number of people who can speak
> sluent English?

1,052,000,000 including second language speakers (1999 WA).Mandarin.
508,000,000 including second language speakers (1999 WA).English
But, it also mentions that very few people outside China and Taiwan, can
speak Mandarin.
--
regards
Joe

Spelling and grammar mistakes included
for the anal retentive
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