Barry wrote:
> In his usual tone, DA Morgan wrote:
>
>> Barry wrote:
>>>> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA uninformatively wrote:
>>>> If you want to use a language no one speaks, please take it offlist
>>>>
>>>
>>> Huh ?? According to the stats 332million people speak Spanish. That's
>>> 10million more than English!
>>>
>>> Barry
>> You've gone to great effort to ignore the point Sybrand was trying to
>> make. We don't "speak" in usenet. And the usenet is essentially 100%
>> English except for country/language-specific sites.
>> --
>> Daniel A. Morgan
>> University of Washington
>> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
>> (replace x with u to respond)
>> Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
>> www.psoug.org
>
>
>> You've gone to great effort to ignore the point Sybrand was trying to
>> make. We don't "speak" in usenet. And the usenet is essentially 100%
>
> 1. I haven't gone to great effort at all, I wrote under 20 words.
>
> 2. Your comments are just known facts, known to me and you. They only
> serve to divert an argument away from a xenophobic at best, or racist
> at worst, slight made by Sybrand.
>
> 3. Sybrand is big enough to make his own points rather than have to
> rely on the likes of you to misinterpret for your own cause what he
> meant.
>
>> make. We don't "speak" in usenet. And the usenet is essentially 100%
>> English except for country/language-specific sites.
>
> 4. Sybrand said "If you want to use a language no one speaks, please
> take...". The word "speak" is Sybrands.
>
> At times Daniel I really wonder what percentage of your posts in this
> newsgroup are about Oracle Did you really feel your comments in this
> thread contribute anything Oracle related.
>
> Barry
As much as yours though I now must confess I regret getting involved.
My point was clarification only. I personally think the usenet is
an international resource and should be freely shared by all persons
in all languages.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org
Received on Tue Jul 04 2006 - 12:07:59 CDT
