Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 10:05:02 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Johan Henriksson <johan DOT he AT telia DOT com>
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Subject: Re: what language to use?
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On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Johan Henriksson wrote:

> BUT: Some DO speak english. It is very irritating not to understand their
> questions.

Well, you will have to to try to suppress that irritation.  You
probably already do skip some messages, in this or other groups, based
on their headers or initial content; do the same with articles posted
in a language you cannot read.  It's easy.

This group has decided a long time ago not to require that people post
in English.  So let's be tolerant a bit more.

> Even if I do not reply, it might be interesting to read other
> replies so I don't have the same question my self! This also lowers traffic
> on the list so _please_, I beg you all who knows english, post in english!

Everybody understands that posting in English will yield more
efficient help.  So those who post in other languages probably cannot
express themselves in English.  It would be wrong (IMHO) to preclude
them from posting at all.

And, as an aside, it shouldn't hurt anybody to learn foreign languages
once in a while ;-).