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Re: stupid, stupid #2

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From: Brian SPENCER
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 17:29
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In article <gate.RPRVVB1w165w@cithara.login.qc.ca> william@cithara.login.qc.ca (william) writes:
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>   From: beaurega@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Denis Beauregard)
>   Newsgroups: mtl.general
>   Subject: Re: stupid, stupid #2
>   Message-ID: <BzBKrt.3Bu@ireq.hydro.qc.ca>
>   Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 21:23:53 GMT
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>   In article <1992Dec15.203748.9629@cs.mcgill.ca> bspencer@cs.mcgill.ca (Brian
>    I hear that the new casino that will open in Montreal will probably have
>    French only signs...stupid, stupid, stupid.
>
>DB>J'ai vu plus d'envois sur mtl.general en anglais alors que Montreal est
>  >une ville francophone majoritairement.
>
>DB>stupide, stupide, stupide...
>
>I believe the point he was trying to make, which obviously escapes you,
>is that a casino would be a major tourist attraction...for
>Americans...who speak English.  But if they can't read the signs or
>understand what's going on and where, then they'll take their American
>dollar$ to Atlantic City instead.
>---
>                                                                                                                                       
Yes, that was exactly my point.

Brian.
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