jeffd@ficc.uu.net (jeff daiell) (10/17/89)
(We really should be consulting a certain Hoosierland student
on this, but....)
I believe Yiddish uses the German language but Hebrew letters.
I believe there is also Ladino, which uses the Spanish
language but Hebrew letters.
BTW, one reason the Allies beat Japan in WW2 is that the
U. S., to some extent, used the Choctaw Indian language for
communications in the Pacific ... a "code" the homogenous
Japanese could not break. There's merit in diversity,
and advantage in pluralism!
Jeff Daiell
PS - The success gained by using an Indian language, of
course, makes even more outrageous the shoddy treatment by
Uncle Sam of Ira Hayes, the Pima Indian who helped raise
the Federal flag on Iwo Jima.
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My vocabulary can beat up your vocabulary.