🚀 go-pugleaf

On Tue, 28 Jan 1997 07:13:28 +0100, ldubois@syndetics.be (Luc Dubois)
wrote:

> I agree completely that there was something "funny", to say the least,
> in having this issue raised in Dutch only. It's not very nice towards
> the French and German speaking communities in Belgium. It's probably 
> also not compliant with the BE. charter, I suppose.

Agreed. Despite how the voting ends, I doubt the group can and may be
created :-(

> This said, I'm all for a rename of the be.forsale newsgroup, to keep
> out all these postings from the US. Here are a few alternative names.

Agreed completely.

> be.marche (with the proper accent?): before you start flaming me (I 
>  know I'm threading on dangerous ground, but I've given this some 
>  thought -- and I'm Flemish myself), ask yourself how many Flemish 
>  people have problems with the department store that goes by the 
>  name "Bon Marche" (add proper accent)?

In fact french names are more easily understood by the Flemish than
vice-versa, but I reject a French name anyway ...

> be.agora: for the "classics" impaired, this means "marketplace" in
>  Greek. It has a nice sound to it, problem would be to make it clear
>  to those who don't know what it means. But it could avoid another 
>  language war.

This one sounds VERY good to me ; shame you didn't raise it during the
RFD ; we could've changed it then.


Tom.
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