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- Newsgroups: soc.culture.canada
- Path: sparky!uunet!utcsri!torn!spartan.ac.BrockU.CA!bross
- From: bross@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Brian J Ross)
- Subject: Re: Speaking French on newsgroups
- Message-ID: <1992Nov15.151011.11726@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA>
- Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Brock University
- X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
- References: <2014@newsserver.cs.uwindsor.ca>
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 15:10:11 GMT
- Lines: 38
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- hlynka@server.uwindsor.ca (Myron Hlynka) writes:
- : In article <1992Nov11.170708.16343@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> montas@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Hubert J Montas) writes:
- :
- : >
- : > Well, guys, this stuff happens on every newsgroup! There's no law that
- : >says one shouldn't reply to somebody else in a different language.
- :
- : To really understand Canadian culture, you need to know more than those
- : two languages. But then again, does anyone really understand
- : Canadian culture?
-
- I know twelve different languages, so I know Canada better than you.
- (English, Fortran, APL, Prolog, C, ...)
-
- : > So, stop belly-aching, and vive la difference!
- :
- :
- : Canada is officially bilingual only in the federal parliament and
- : certain federal services (and New Brunswick). Canada is in fact a
- : multicultural country and we should expect lots of languages and viewpoints.
-
- It's the poster's perogative to post in whatever language they desire.
- If they respond to an article in a different language, however,
- the thread might shrink, because the original poster might very
- well not know that language. It is very arrogant to assume that the
- original poster *should* be bilingual or trilingual or whatever.
-
- : If others do not understand, so what?
- : Khai zhyve bahatokulturnosty!
-
- A translation for those who don't understand Romani:
-
- Your toast remains a Bahai culture club entity.
-
- --
- Brian Ross "How do we arrange lures in our tackle box?
- bross@sandcastle.cosc.brocku.ca From left to right, according to size and
- frequency of use." -- Anal-Retentive Chef.
-