[Duo2400] OT!: Foreign or not?

[kobayb at juno.com]

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Enough is enough.
Let's speak "Duo 2400".
If you see a non-English post and you cannot understand, just ignore it
or have it translated by some smart software.
Xmas is coming. Merry Xmas!
Terry
On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 12:54:30 +0000 Marc <also at btinternet.com> writes:
> Regarding that German post to the list.
> 
> Aqua mentioned that this being a US based list...
> 
> That brought to mind that not so long ago when the US was making the 
> 
> fundamental decisions that would frame the country as it is now, it 
> 
> was only one single vote that instead made English the official 
> language. The language the US would have otherwise been speaking? - 
> 
> German.
> 
> Had the French won those earlier battles with the Brits, vous serez 
> 
> tous en train de parler Francais.
> 
> Give it another few decades and parts of the country may yet become 
> 
> bi-lingual. How about getting used to that with more Spanish posts. 
> 
> Ola!
> 
> Then again, maybe we should give credit to earlier claimants to most 
> 
> of the continent. Admitedly, not much electronics in those days. But 
> 
> then - credit to the Japanese, to whose market we 2400ers may owe 
> the 
> existence of our small machines.
> 
> And let's not even start considering where our components come from. 
> 
> How many blue keyboards out there? RAM modules? Toshiba drives?
> 
> Reckon that those limited to just English, should be thankful for 
> the 
> effort being made by listers in all the other countries that are 
> allowing for that handicap. Would be enlightening to know the 
> percentage of posts originating from countries with their own 
> language.
> 
> Yes, a US based/maintained list, (of Candian origins) but 
> international knowledge, so thanks to the rest of the world for 
> making allowances.
> 
> Personally, my vote goes to making this the friendliest place on the 
> 
> International net! The more the merrier, and the better off we all 
> are.
> 
> My two cents, one UK penny, treize centimes, couple of Yen...
> 
> Marc
> 
> 
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