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From: inc@tc.fluke.COM (Gary Benson)
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Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: soc.culture.german
Summary: Warum nur auf englisch?
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Date: 26 Feb 90 08:34:00 GMT
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In article <2120@cbnewsk.ATT.COM>, eob@cbnewsk.ATT.COM (eamonn.j.o'brien) writes:

From article <1472@serene.UUCP>, by lyled@pnet12.cts.com (Lyle Davis):
LD:  [...] There are many users of German extraction who
LD:  would be interested in their ancestral home, yet do not speak or read the
LD:  language.  Certainly, you would not want to exclude them.
 
EO'B:  Surely both languages can be accomodated. If the "Subject:" line is in
EO'B:  the same language as the message then the disinterested reader can
EO'B:  quickly skip over it.

EO'B:  Eamonn O'Brien          ohm!eob      eob@ohm.att.com

I agree. Mo such requirement exists for any other "soc.culture" groups --
why should the Germans require English-only postings?


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