Xref: utzoo can.general:1778 can.politics:2791 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!looking!brad From: brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) Newsgroups: can.general,can.politics Subject: Re: postings in the French language Message-ID: <22345@looking.on.ca> Date: 26 Sep 89 23:20:19 GMT References: <1989Sep6.222038.2707@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> <1178@mannix.iros1.UUCP> <3837.251eb4d9@uwovax.uwo.ca> <1989Sep26.132533.12660@utzoo.uucp> Reply-To: brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd. Lines: 20 Class: discussion You can write in any language you want. Mind you, if you don't write in English, the default language of this net, it would be polite to put "Language: French" on the header or somesuch. But that's not too important. If you write in French, the result will simply be that the large majority of the readers here won't read your posting, or in many cases *can't* read. It's up to you, but posting in such a way to deliberately limit your audience seems unwise. I can understand most of the French postings myself, but not well, and sometimes not well enough to enter the discussion for fear that I have misinterpreted what I have read. In fact, since nobody who doesn't read English would be reading this group, one can only assume that posting en Francais is done to make a point. Canada has two official languages, but if somebody came to you and asked directions in English, to respond in French (when you know English) would be rude. -- Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. -- Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473