Author: Don Dailey
Date: 13:38:05 05/12/98
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On May 12, 1998 at 11:02:04, Robert Henry Durrett wrote: >Do you suppose that it is possible that there are chessplayers out there >who do not read or write English and cannot afford to hire a >translator??? I suspect that the vast majority of excellent >chessplayers have no access at all to the English language. In the >former Soviet Union alone, there must be hundreds of thousands of strong >chessplayers who know nothing about the english language. In Latin >America, only a small percentage of the populace can communicate in >English, but I have played many games of chess against them on ICC. The >notion that having language channels would create a "Babel" IS babel >[ie: utter nonsense.] People who can read english WILL participate in >the english-language forum. No one will would be lost from the >english-language forum by providing other forums in other languages. I agree. But we're not talking here about providing other forums (which is a great idea.) The complaint is having posts in several different languages on THIS forum. I think most of us want to be able to read ALL the posts and communicate freely with each other. - Don
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