Hello Lee!

19 Feb 15 04:22, you wrote to me:

 LL> Spanish is the loving tongue.  As such, fidonetters should make
 LL> love with Spanish, and love will abound in Fidonet forever.

 Well apparently the Spanish People are so busy with speaking about love,
 that they forgot all about Fidonet.

 LL> As you know, Spanish and most (if not all) European languages
 LL> can easily be written in Fidonet echoes, including the Fidonews,
 LL> given appropriate software for messaging.  Even Cyrillic can
 LL> be used, which is one of the reasons why Fidonet is so popular
 LL> in Russia and the Ukraine.

 No, as in the US and western Europe, it was a means to communicate
 freely on a affordable intrastructure.

 LL> I can see no reason (other than a zone coordinator being on
 LL> a power trip) for UTF-8 to be denied.  Sysops should have the
 LL> freedom to choose for themselves what they want, not having
 LL> to rely on the whims of a zone coordinator who wants to make
 LL> himself/herself feel self-important.

 That is why they are coordinators and you are not. The try to oversee
 the whole situation, not just their own front porch and ego.

 LL> I would love to see more participants from Hispanics, as well
 LL> as participants from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain, and
 LL> the rest of Europe.

 They have left, they are are not as blunt as the people for the Northern
 countries and easily offended in their pride. The way their efforts to
 communicate in a foreign language are met by some, has driven them away.
 Besides, they like to talk and use lots of words to pass their message..
 Cellfones cover their needs completely.

 LL> I am looking forward to having fidonet conversations in Spanish
 LL> once again, as it has been years.  ¿Habla español?

 No I don't.

Kees

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