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In article <32ef087d.88422199@news.ping.be>,
houghi@ping.be_DELETE_THIS (houghi) wrote:
>On Fri, 24 Jan 1997 19:09:05 -0800, Ruben Van Parys wrote:
>>Marc Roger schreef:
>>> Since the group be.forsale has been created with an english
>>> charter and is a multi-lingual group, it is not fair to
>>> propose to remove it now with a propsal only in Dutch.
>>Het beste zou natuurlijk zijn een nieuwsgroep vl.markt en een
>>nieuwsgroep wl.marchee, dan is iedereen tevreden.
>Because the first poster wrote in Englisch, I will be so kind to
>continue in that language.
>As I know there is not yet any group who has vl.* or wl.*. this is
>because most people are interested in the whole of Belgium.
>As it questioned further down. Is there a name we could use that works
>for both languages. It would not be nice for the people in Brussls to
>have to look in two newsgroups, now would it. Of course we can mage a
>next group called bru.* But how would they have to name these groups?

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.

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.

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)?

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.

be.mar(kt|che): if this looks ridiculous to you, it does to me too!

Hope I have contributed something constructive...

Have a wonderful day!

Luc