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From: draskoy@ubc-ean.UUCP
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: Suggestion for a new can. newsgroup
Message-ID: <2022@ubc-ean.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Jun-87 21:57:53 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 22 21:57:53 1987
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Reply-To: draskoy@ubc-ean.UUCP (Andrew Draskoy)
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Organization: UBC Department of Computer Science, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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I would welcome discussion in French in any newsgroup, provided the
french was kept fairly simple.  In my experience, most English Canadians
understand a little french, but not enough to compose an involved letter.
Discussion in French of familiar topics is likely to be easier to understand
than other French text, and could be considered a kind of simple immersion
programme.  As an example, (I think) I understood Jean-Francois Lamy's
article, but had he been talking about building a dam instead of creating
a newsgroup, I would no doubt have been totally lost.  After reading lots of
similar postings, I would eventually feel confident enough to inflict some
mangled French on the net.  Considering the number of people on the net who
complain about simple spelling mistakes, perhaps we should think about a
seperate group for this purpose, so as not to upset people who can't handle
terrible grammar and spelling.

Andrew