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Subject: Re: German posts - please continue

Author: Graham Banks

Date: 23:40:11 09/25/05

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On September 26, 2005 at 02:10:35, Wayne Lowrance wrote:

>On September 26, 2005 at 01:25:05, Ray Banks wrote:
>
>>On September 25, 2005 at 18:25:47, Wayne Lowrance wrote:
>>
>>>I dunno about most of you but I am tired of post in german. It is not good to do
>>>such things. Now in the case of the new Fritz9 engine things and comments said
>>>of it are very interesting to me, but then edward and some others jump off in
>>>German, very annoying.
>>>Please stop it
>>>Wayne
>>
>>I like to think this is an international forum, and people can speak in whatever
>>language they choose. For most of us English is our first language, but for many
>>it is not, and if they don't feel comfortable posting in what is a foreign
>>language to them, they are more than welcome to post in their native language.
>>It is easy enough to just skip those posts if you don't understand German (I
>>don't)
>
>I think you miss the point. This is not a private club for Germon speaking
>posters. They are speaking german about a very interesting subject to many of
>us, and we cannot understand. I dont think it should be allowed. The individuals
>that I talk of speak english quite well, and that is the point
>By the way, they switch in and out of english on the same posting strings. That
>is NOT right
>Wayne


I agree with you on this last point. It's quite rude.

Graham.



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