-=> David Drummond wrote to Dan Clough <=-

 DD>> Because certain persons of anal mentality insist that we only
 DD>> communicate in these echoes in some form of English.

 DC> Ahhhh, well that would certainly explain it.

 DC> It would be kind of a mess if there were multiple languages being
 DC> used in echo(s), though.  I can't think of a very good solution to
 DC> that issue.  Are there "Zonal echos" that are in a specific
 DC> language, then?

 DD> And yet this echo, and some of the sysop echoes are global - not
 DD> zone specific.

Yes, understood.

 DD> Should the language written in the messages in those echoes be
 DD> mandated to be a language that is not that which the majority of
 DD> Fidonetters use?

I would have to say "no".

Certainly doesn't seem fair to some.  Some thoughts on this:

1. It wouldn't really be a workable situation if everybody just 
used their native language, because there would be no common 
ground to talk/debate with.

2. In general (and I know it's hazardous to "generalize", but...), 
folks who natively speak something other than English often have 
*some* ability with English as a second language.  Certainly that 
is not uncommon.  However, nearly ALL native English speakers have 
very little or ZERO ability with any other language.  I'm not 
commenting on whether or not that's right, or the reasons for it, 
just that it's TRUE. 

3. So....... in light of (1) and (2) above, the only solution with 
any chance of allowing the most people to get involved is to use 
English.  Again not arguing for or against that, just making a 
logical conclusion, the way I see it anyway.


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