Author: Henrik Dinesen
Date: 01:18:31 09/26/05
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On September 26, 2005 at 02:58:45, David Mitchell 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 like to think it's a world-wide, English language, CC forum. It is derived >from an English CC newsgroup (rgcc), and how is a moderator to work with >langagues which they don't understand? If you say "use Babelfish" or some such, >it is immediately clear that you haven't tried using Babelfish! What a laugh.:) > >Of course, if German is OK, then what about French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, >Pashtu, Arabic, Japanese, or Chinese? I'm sure we have some members who would >like to post up in most of these languages, if we're trying to be multi-lingual >on our forum. I'd certainly enjoy a nice long post on the WCCC from Iceland in >their native Iclandic language! What a multi-cultural treat - NOT! :) > >For Windows user's it will be a real treat because our systems are not set up to >even display other languages characters, correctly. Nor can we cut and paste >them into Babelfish, and get all the characters, right. > >Just think of the fun we'll have, though! :( > >Whatever we're doing as a club, we need to be speaking one language to be >effectively communicating. Even if the post is casual, it's more than a little >rude to write for a group in a language very few understand. Save the German, >etc., for private emails. > >Dave Hej Dave, Mener du det? Nå, men det er jeg meget enig i! Sorry. I agree completely: My thoughts too. :) Regards Henrik
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