vancleef@iastate.edu (Van Cleef Henry H) (05/12/91)
In article <1991May11.183134.20155@agate.berkeley.edu> marchi@gold.cchem.berkeley.edu (Massimo Marchi) writes: > >And so am I! > >Nevertheless, I want to raise a point here. There are in the United >States and Canada lots of people who think they are Italian, but do not >speak the language or/and understand the culture. This, I think, is >what differentiate us from other international communities. Since the >old newsgroup trial.soc.culture.italian has gotten most of its input >either from Italians abroad or from Italy itself and the topics of >discussion have always been related to Italian internal affairs, I >would suggest to call the new newsgroup SOC.CULTURE.ITALIA(or ITALY) >instead. This mainly to stress the linkage to the homeland. > >Any comments? > >Massimo Marchi >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think that to those Americans of Italian extraction, the nature of the group will become clear quite quickly. I don't notice such a question coming up in the German or French newsgroups. -- Hank van Cleef vancleef@iastate.edu Iowa State University, Ames. Ia. tmn!vancleef The Union Institute, Cincinnati, Oh.