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Subject: Re: Multi-lingual Chess Club.

Author: Fernando Villegas

Date: 13:02:04 05/10/98

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On May 10, 1998 at 13:00:32, 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
>>>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


Which refusal? I just explained why I had written something, once in a
time, in spanish. I don't refuse to write in your mother tongue 99,999%
of the time. And yes, I will try not to forget there is email from now
on.
Fernando



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