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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 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?
>
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.
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