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From: ggw@wolves.uucp (Gregory G. Woodbury)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: soc.culture.german
Message-ID: <1990Feb24.071215.19845@wolves.uucp>
Date: 24 Feb 90 07:12:15 GMT
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Reply-To: ggw@wolves.UUCP (Gregory G. Woodbury)
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Hack@ncrclm.Clemson.NCR.COM (Elaine Hacklaender) writes:
>> > MRB118@psuvm.psu.edu (Mark Boltz) writes:
>> > #Q:  Can/Would postings be bi-lingual?
>> > 
>> > You can.  But those of us of German descent who do not speak German would
>> > feel terribly left out.
>> > 
>	Perhaps we should get someone to translate for you.  Most of the
>	people I know with German ancestry made an attempt to learn the
>	language.

	My, how very teutonic.  My German ancestry is very recent (Grand
Pa was born in the Old Country, but, I just cannot seem to deal with more
than a smidgen of the tongue.  Additionally, I don't really know
anyone (other than momma) who knows German.
	In other words, speak for yourself.  Your experience is not
necessarily universal.
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