[mixin visuals]

could it be that the internet will be the first step to the whole world knowing english? everything in url's is english right? i have never seen a chinese set-up computer, and see what the url's look like, but they have to be english right?

i am sure there are tons of examples where people speaking other languages have to know english to do simple internet tasks.

am i wrong?

[Nicko]

What you mean you don't read all those millions of pages that are in other languages?

You really should think before you type.

[nonhuman]

All urls aren't in English, try going to www.kniga.com. Kniga is a romanization of the Russian "книга". All urls the Roman alphabet which, I believe, is used by more languages than any other writing system, and so is a good candidate for a system to be used in an international forum such as the internet because most people (even if their first language doesn't use the Roman alphabet) are familiar with it.

[mixin visuals]

Originally posted by Nicko:
What you mean you don't read all those millions of pages that are in other languages?

You really should think before you type.

spoken like a true tard. who said anything about web pages? i expect nothing less from you.

[jckalen]

What you mean you don't read all those millions of pages that are in other languages?

You really should think before you type.

try searching "China" in google. You will see the descriptions in chinese text but the URL's are in english. Try china.com Then try howdoigetmyfootoutofmymouthdotcom

[jckalen]

All urls aren't in English, try going to www.kniga.com.

ummm, that looks like it's using the english alphabet to me.

He means you won't see ???
?????.com (if that came up clickable, don't - it ain't a link)

edit: the ??? were supposed to be chinese text - it didn't work apparently

[nonhuman]

Originally posted by jckalen:
ummm, that looks like it's using the english alphabet to me.

He means you won't see ???
?????.com (if that came up clickable, don't - it ain't a link)

edit: the ??? were supposed to be chinese text - it didn't work apparently

Try reading my post. That isn't the English alphabet, it is the Roman alphabet, it is used by a metric buttload of languages. You're right, you won't see 饺�_�.com, you will see jiaozi.com (no, that one's not a real webpage...). 'jiaozi' like 'kniga' is not an English word. And what about other languages that use the same alphabet? Is www.louvre.com in English? No, it's in French, French uses the same alphabet we do.

[Moderator]

http://www.estupido.com/

[Swiss Bob]

Originally posted by mixin visuals:
could it be that the internet will be the first step to the whole world knowing english?

Hmmm...
Not sure if you could class it as "English". "American" maybe; "English", no.

(do web browsers respond to a "CENTRE" or a "COLOUR" command?)

[DeathMan]

This thead should be locked.

[Diggory Laycock]

IP4 URLs have to be in Roman.

I believe that IP 6 has unicode domains.

http://www.i-d-n.net/

http://www.unicodedn.com/

[schep]

you know abcd............ alphabet isn't english its used by many other languages and simply because you romanize a word doesn't me you translate it in to english

[Face Ache]

Originally posted by mixin visuals:
was the internet designed to spread the english lauguage?

Probably not.

[sambeau]

The internet was designed to survive a nuclear war - that's about all.

The rest has been a glorious accident.

[maxintosh]

Umm, you realize how many freakin languages use the Roman character set, right??

[sambeau]

Originally posted by maxintosh:
Umm, you realize how many freakin languages use the Roman character set, right??

yeah. but how many of them can get away with just the basic ascii set?

not many I would wager..

[xtal]

Originally posted by mixin visuals:
was the internet designed to spread the english lauguage?

Considering the amount of moth-eaten drivel that people pass off as 'English' on the internet, I'm fairly sure that there is no danger of the above happening.

I can be a grammar/spelling sometimes.

[Lerkfish]

Originally posted by mixin visuals:
spoken like a true tard. who said anything about web pages? i expect nothing less from you.

not sure you realize you've structured that last sentence to mean the opposite of what I think you were attempting to convey.

[davesimondotcom]

Yes, it was designed to spread english! And they would have gotten away with it if it weren't for that meddling BabelFish!