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From: tim@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM (Tim Nelson)
Newsgroups: can.general,can.politics
Subject: Re: postings in the French language
Keywords: appropriate, language, subsequent
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Date: 26 Sep 89 13:15:38 GMT
References: <1989Sep6.222038.2707@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> <1178@mannix.iros1.UUCP> <3837.251eb4d9@uwovax.uwo.ca>
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In article <3837.251eb4d9@uwovax.uwo.ca> J G Miller  writes:
>In article <1178@mannix.iros1.UUCP>, leonard@pivele.iro.umontreal.ca (Nicolas Leonard) writes:
>> Oh, jusqu'ici ca va...
>[and subsequent postings in the French language]
>
>Is not the group can.francais more appropriate for these postings,
>after all this is not can.politique?

Why do you think that we should limit our discussions to a single language?
Granted this is the language of international commerce, but if someone
wishes to converse in any other language, especially the official second
language of this country, why not allow this?
Also, if all French language discussions took place in can.francais, it
would be such a mess that it would be hard to follow any discussions.

If you are still bothered by this, then I suggest a semi-solution:
Anyone posting an article in French also, in the same article, post the
English translation, and anyone posting an article in English also, again
in the same article, post the French translation.  That is if the poster
knows the other language.

Come on now, lighten up. 8-)

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