Posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on October 20, 2003 at 11:35:48 from 195.93.32.7 user ACB.
In Reply to: Social Obstacles & Malign Influences posted by RichardG on October 20, 2003 at 11:09:21:
Hear! Hear! (or words to that effect, eg "right on!")
The fastest growing large economy on the planet is that of China, where great care is taken to ensure social and economic mobility, on the American model, by imposing a national language and pronunciation, where none existed before.