clarke@csri.toronto.edu (Jim Clarke) (09/28/89)
sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne) writes: >In article <1989Sep26.132533.12660@utzoo.uucp> martin@utzoo.uucp (Martin Hofmann) writes: >Anyone out there know how I can configure rn to automatically skip articles >with french in them :-) That would be tough, considering that there's a pretty good chance that any English paragraph will contain a word that is identical to and perhaps stolen from a French word. (In that last paragraph, I see only one such word: "chance." But I think I tend to use shorter words than most English writers. For example, in this paragraph, I see no such words -- even "example" is spelled differently from its French equivalent. Oops -- what about "equivalent"?) Jim Clarke -- Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. of Toronto, Canada M5S 1A4 (416) 978-4058 clarke@csri.toronto.edu or clarke@csri.utoronto.ca or ...!{uunet, pyramid, watmath, ubc-cs}!utai!utcsri!clarke
halliday@cheddar.cc.ubc.ca (Laura Halliday) (09/28/89)
The pattern emerges! People who say `OK, post in French if you wish' tend to be from Ontario and Quebec. People who say `What's this garbage? Where's my kill file?' tend to be from Western Canada. I don't care either way; by posting in the closest we have to a universal language (sorry, Esperanto enthusiasts), I can exchange ideas with the widest possible audience. I'm moderately bilingual, myself. Not because Canada's a bilingual country, but because people who only speak one language don't really understand it. You must study a second (or third or...) language to understand your own. ...laura
sccowan@watmsg.waterloo.edu (S. Crispin Cowan) (09/28/89)
In article <5140@ubc-cs.UUCP> halliday@cc.ubc.ca (Laura Halliday) writes: > >The pattern emerges! People who say `OK, post in French if you wish' tend >to be from Ontario and Quebec. People who say `What's this garbage? Where's >my kill file?' tend to be from Western Canada. This is false. I've lived in Ontario all my life, and still think that French postings are silly. Posters have a right to do it, IMHO, but for the practical purpose of posting to a broadly read news group, they might as well encrypt it first. >...laura ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Login name: sccowan In real life: S. Crispin Cowan Office: DC3548 x3934 Home phone: 570-2517 Post Awful: 60 Overlea Drive, Kitchener, N2M 1T1 UUCP: watmath!watmsg!sccowan Domain: sccowan@watmsg.waterloo.edu "Everything to excess. Moderation is for monks." -Lazarus Long
grothman@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Gary Grothman) (09/29/89)
In article <5140@ubc-cs.UUCP> halliday@cc.ubc.ca (Laura Halliday) writes: > >The pattern emerges! People who say `OK, post in French if you wish' tend >to be from Ontario and Quebec. People who say `What's this garbage? Where's >my kill file?' tend to be from Western Canada. >... >...laura Augh! I've been slammed! My deep-rooted Western nationalism is breaking out in spots. No, really, just a reminder that this whole schlamuzel was started by a gentleman at U of Western Ontario. I like the French postings, I need the practice. I see know reason why we all can't just relax and take it easy ... eas ... eas ... Eastern Bums And Creeps Out Of The West! B-) Oops, sorry. I lost it for a moment, but I'm alright now. Anyway, gotta run. Me and some of the other dinosaurs are off to play in the tar pits. Gary. grothman@uc.ucalgary.ca