Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 22:31:41 05/10/98
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On May 10, 1998 at 07:39:10, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >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 When I write in a foreign language on the internet (and that is seldom!) I provide an English translation, and nobody has ever gotten bent out of shape about it. Just a possibility. Dave
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