At 10:48 PM -0600 12/10/02, Thomas Ethen wrote: >That is true if the other listers can read you post, but if 95% of them can >not, then you don't really have much of a forum for the subject posted. > >Tom > >on 12/10/02 19:57, Doug Rosser at dougrosser at optushome.com.au wrote: > >> I, for one, see no problem in using languages other than English to post - >> I.'m sure that not all of the members of the list are mono-lingual and this >> list provides the best forum for the subject - in any language. >> maaururu roa >> Doug My point is, if I went on a German language listserve and insisted on communicating in English rather than using the language of that listserve's members, THAT would be the arrogance that some people are accusing me of showing. Paul