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Subject: Multi-lingual Chess Club.

Author: Don Dailey

Date: 10:00:32 05/10/98

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>>>>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
>>newsgroup?


Enrique,

My first post on this subject was a  polite request to Fernando and by
association  you to accommodate me since   I cannot read Spanish.  His
refusal to honor it was polite and so was yours.  I  have  to  respect
your point of view on this.


- Don



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