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Re: Message copying

Subject: Re: Message copying
From: ember@cariblink.net
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 07:59:28
Eric Evers wrote:
> 
> >Gramin@aol.com wrote:
> >>
> >> Would be unreasonable to ask that people replying to messages _do_not_ 
> >> >copy
> >
> 
> >One could also say the same for those messages not in english??
> >DG
> Why ever not ?  Both the internet and the Europa are 'international
> <

>' .  There is no divine right that non- English language
> contributions should be forbidden.  We are just darned lucky that  the
> communication age has adopted the English language and we are spared the
> ordeal of having to become competent in a 'foreign' language as a
> pre-requisite for any <

> career. 

Couldn't agree more - lets not be insular !    Time we all learned
enough French German and Spanish to get around !


> 
> Another general gripe on note content:    I am sure that those non-native
> English speaking participants must be confused or amused by the grammatical
> blunders which are made.  By far the most frequent mistake is
> the confusion of   "its" and "it's".   ("it's"  is short for " it is"  or
> "it has";   the possesive pronoun  does NOT have an apostrophe).
> There, their.
> To, too, two.
> aCCoMModation !

                All right, Eric, we all know they speak better English North of
the
border and we'll put <

> and <

> down to a slip
of the finger................

                What was that about glass houses ??

        73 de Martin
                9Y4TAM

(Are we straying from aviation, by chance ?)


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