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In article <7d6q68$mvh$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
  cyrano@twics.com wrote:
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> Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 17:38:36 +0000
> To: richard.alexander@artibbs.com
> From: Charles Durand <Charles.Durand@utbm.fr>
> Cc: cyrano@aqua.ocn.ne.jp
>
> >>Doctor Petit, most of the people on this forum speak and read  English.
>
> Et alors ? S'il s'agit d'un forum international, le fran�ais tout comme cinq
> ou six autres langues "internationales" peuvent aussi �tre utilis�es ! Si
> vous ne comprenez pas le fran�ais, c'est votre probl�me, pas celui des autres
> !
>
> Translation for you:
>
> So what ? If it is an international discussion, French as well as 5 or 6 other
> languages can be used as well. If you do not understand French, it's your
> problem, not somebody else's.
>
> >Although
> >>I have studied several other languages, I have never studied French. I am
not
> >>fluent in any language other than English. Please consider posting  all
> >>communication on this forum in English.
>
> Pourquoi nous ferions-vous cette faveur ? De toutes fa�ons, si vous �tes
> vraiment s�rieux � propos de la qualit� des interventions, j'esp�re que vous
> n'�tes pas assez na�f pour penser que cette qualit� pourrait �tre maintenue en
> for�ant les participants � utiliser l'anglais...
>
> Why should we extend this favor to you ? Anyway, if you are serious about
> communication quality, I hope that you are not naive enough to think that
> such quality could be maintained by forcing everyone to resort to a foreign
> language to express himself...
>
> And besides, why make an effort to help someone who is mediocre enough to
> never discover by himself that learning another language results in an
> enlargment of his mind ?

Dans ce cas, vous aurez peut-�tre l'esprit assez large pour comprendre que
ceux qui n'ont pas eu l'occasion d'approfondir votre belle langue ne vont pas
s'exprimer sur fr.sci.physique (actif depuis janvier, si vous n'�tiez pas au
courant) sans se faire rappeler assez rapidement que ce dernier site est
r�serv�, pour ainsi dire pour ceux qui choisissent de s'exprimer en fran�ais,
ce qui inclus ceux qui n'ont pas eu l'occasion d'approfondir d'autres
langues.

De s'exprimer dans la langue commune d'un newsgroup n'est-il pas une simple
courtoisie envers les membres de ce groupe?

Translation.

In this case, I take it that you will have a large enough mind to understand
that those who did not have the chance to master your beautiful language do
not go post on fr.sci.physique (active since January, in case you were not
aware) without being quickly reminded that this newsgroup is sort of
restricted to those who choose to express themselves in French, which
includes those who did not have the chance to master other languages.

Isn't expressing oneself in a newsgroup's common language an elementary
curtesy that should be extended to the people posting on that newsgroup?

Andr� Michaud

Service de Recherche P�dagogique http://www.microtec.net/~srp/

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