Xref: utzoo can.general:1765 can.politics:2778 Newsgroups: can.general,can.politics Path: utzoo!martin From: martin@utzoo.uucp (Martin Hofmann) Subject: Re: postings in the French language Message-ID: <1989Sep26.132533.12660@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <1989Sep6.222038.2707@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> <1178@mannix.iros1.UUCP> <3837.251eb4d9@uwovax.uwo.ca> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 89 13:25:33 GMT In article <3837.251eb4d9@uwovax.uwo.ca> J G Millerwrites: >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? > The name of this group is can.general not can.english! Since french is one of the official languages of canada, I see no reason why one can not write in french in this group. I'm sure there are many people who are sufficiently bilingual to read either english or french postings, and do not want to exclude those people who feel more comfortable writing in french (just as I feel more comfortable writing in english). Those people who cannot read french, can either skip the article or take a french course at their local high school. Il ne faut pas beaucoup pour apprendre assez pour lire. -- The world is sacred. You cannot improve it. | Martin Hofmann, U of Toronto If you try to change it, you will ruin it. | martin@zoo.toronto.edu If you try to hold it, you will lose it. | uunet!attcan!utzoo!martin Lao Tsu, "Tao Te Ching" |