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From: kim@watsup.waterloo.edu (T. Kim Nguyen)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: french-->English Translating
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Date: 3 Oct 89 17:05:40 GMT
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In-reply-to: umhudso7@ccu.umanitoba.ca's message of 2 Oct 89 19:43:25 GMT

In article <1989Oct2.194325.15484@ccu.umanitoba.ca> umhudso7@ccu.umanitoba.ca writes:

   I'm REALLY starting to get, well, pissed off at some of these french
   postings.  True, they do have a right <grumble> <gripe> to
   post, and basically do anything, in french, but many of us AREN'T
   french! There are many people who can't or WON'T read french out here!
   (I'm in the latter - suffered thru High School french because I need
   it for the Forces - but I *hate* it, and I hate those who post french
   *even though* they know English, but I guess that's just personal 
   preference)   

This whole issue is getting out of hand.  If you can't read French, I
can understand your point.  But there's no need to go around bashing
the French simply because you have insufficient practice or exposure
to understand the language.

And if you WON'T read French even though you CAN, then you are simply
being a bigot.  Respect people's rights to post in an official
language, okay?  Don't HATE them because of that.  Geez, I'd post only
in French just to p*** off people like you. 

   I CAN read french, but I have to sit here and 
   think about exactly what I'm reading, and I can't do that because I've
   got ALOT of mail, etc to read (read - I don't want to waste time 
   trying to translate).

Whine away.  My heart bleeds for the precious time you're wasting.
Maybe instead of read news you ought to educate yourself and expand
your rather narrow horizons -- learn another language, see things from
a different perspective okay?
--
T. Kim Nguyen 				  kim@watsup.waterloo.{edu|cdn}
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