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Subject: Re: Please, no more German Text! (NT)

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 02:31:05 11/08/01

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On November 07, 2001 at 17:58:46, Otello Gnaramori wrote:

>On November 07, 2001 at 17:53:41, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On November 07, 2001 at 17:49:50, john rice wrote:
>>
>>>:\
>>
>>Why not?  The Germans could just as easily complain about all the English!
>>
>>There are more European chess programmers than US+Canada+England+Australia+New
>>Zealand for sure.
>>
>>I think the same is probably true for end-users of chess programs.
>>
>>If you don't know the language at all, you can still get the gist of it with a
>>free online translator.
>>
>>When people post in something other than English, it's probably because they are
>>far more comfortable with it.  If I had to post in French or Turkish, it would
>>be pretty painful.
>>
>>Besides, usually someone comes along and translates it in short order anyway.
>
>
>Sorry Dan... But this is an english language based forum...otherwise I will
>start to speak in Italian, Jose' in Spanish, etc... we don't want a babel tower
>here ....please!

Actually I have posted in Spanish sometimes. And I would do it again if I feel
that I can not express what I think in English, so that at least the people who
speak Spanish get what I mean. But do not worry, I add an English summary, so
that the other do not miss everything.
José.



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