On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 11:46:15AM -0800, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > i understand a non-native english speaking person posting to the list a > newbieish question. what i would like to see is when a person responds, > that they translate the original question and response into english.
Curiously, that's exactly what happened in this case (look at Lionel Elie Mamane's reply). It's also what usually happens. > this way us unilingual people don't get left out altogether :( I don't think you can be "unilingual" unless you use at least one language properly. You can help non-native speakers by using correct and conventional English, which will be closer to what they learned in school and is easier to look up in a dictionary. Richard Braakman
