Paul wrote:
> "PhaE" <v.oosterbaan_at_chello.nl> wrote:
>
>
> >This in an international group, so please , Please, PLEASE only use
> >english.
>
>
> The charter
>
> http://www.orafaq.com/usenet/charter1.htm
>
> says nothing about the language one should or has to use here. If
> people want to post in Swahili or Tagalog or Hindi or Irish or
> Gujarati or Hungarian or French, then that's their prerogative.
>
> They might get fewer replies than if they posted in English, but
there
> is no obligation to do so.
I think that there is an unwritten guideline proposing usage of English
in all non-language specific (without country prefix) USENET groups.
After all, this is a communication medium and any communication can be
effective only using the same communication protocol (i.e. language) by
all participants.
--
Dusan Bolek
Received on Thu Mar 31 2005 - 08:24:09 CST
