Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 04:39:10 05/10/98
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On May 10, 1998 at 03:20:32, Don Dailey wrote: >>>Fernando, >>> >>>I respectfully request you post in English, especially since you both >>>are obviously very fluent in it and everyone on this group at least >>>understands it (even if not their first language.) When you post >>>in Spanish you essentially encrypt it for me and I suspect most of >>>the other readers in this particular group. If you don't want it >>>to be understood by most, why not send email. Or was it intended >>>only for Spanish speakers? >> >>We do post in Spanglish 99% of the time because we want to be understood >>by everybody, and at times we use our own language. There is no rule of >>any sort that makes English mandatory over the net, so I see nothing >>wrong about having every now and then posts in Spanish, German or any >>other language. >> >>Enrique >> >>>- Don > >Enrique, > >Would anyone mind if I sent encrypted messages to a friend using this >newsgroup? Do you mean Spanish is encrypted code? Some people speak it, you would be surprised. And we do post almost always in English precisely because we want to be understood. I don't think it makes sense to make a point picking on the exceptions. Enrique > I promise it will be computer chess related. We feel more >comfortable with this language and a public forum where people get >together >to share ideas as a group seems like the perfect place for just the two >of us to have a private conversation. When we want to be understood by >everybody then we'll use English. There is no rule of any sort that >makes English mandatory over the net so I see nothing wrong with this. > >- Don
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