In a message dated 5/23/01 12:32:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time, uGuys@ChileGarden.com writes: > > India is the largest English speaking county in the world, population > wise, iirc. > It's not only a business/Internet language but in India a lingua franca > that allows users of the 10,000 unique Indian dialects to converse with > each other. The 10,000 could possibly be a bit exaggerated. > It's worth adding that, if my students are any measure, the average Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi/Sri Lankan college student speaks English considerably better than does his American counterpart. And, while I'm at it, anyone have a recipe or twelve for real Sri Lankan curries? -- Dan//not *entirely* off-topic this time....