Xref: utzoo can.general:1808 can.politics:2813 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!maytag!vlsi!watale!tom From: tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen) Newsgroups: can.general,can.politics Subject: Re: postings in the French language Message-ID: <3301@watale.waterloo.edu> Date: 28 Sep 89 19:58:26 GMT References: <1989Sep6.222038.2707@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> <1178@mannix.iros1.UUCP> <3837.251eb4d9@uwovax.uwo.ca> <25215DA9.12769@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> Sender: daemon@watale.waterloo.edu Distribution: can Organization: WATMIMS Research Group, University of Waterloo Lines: 25 Stephen M. Dunnwrites: > > Hmm ... this is can.general; no language is implied in the group name, and > we are after all an officially bilingual country. I personally support > the idea of posting articles to this group in whatever language the poster > wishes to use. Toivottavasti voimme sitten keskustella Kanadan suomalaisen vahemmiston asemasta Quebecissa ranskankielisen enemmiston voimaanasettaman kielilain voimaantulon jalkeen. Kaikki suomea high schoolissa ja/tai yliopistossa opiskelleet osaavat varmasti itse kaantaa taman englanniksi, vaikka tama onkin kirjoitettu kanadalaisella nappaimistolla. Tietysti tama on vain minun mielipiteeni ... \tom haapanen "now, you didn't really expect tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu my views to have anything to do watmims research group with my employer's, did you?" university of waterloo Number of scientific citations linking smoking to health risks, according to the Canadian Medical Association: 7,818 Number of cause-and-effect studies linking smoking to health risks, according to Canadian tobacco manufacturers: 0 -Report on Business Magazine, Oct/89