Foreign language posts (was: Pooomooocyyyy ;()

Leonard Zettel zettel at acm.org
Wed Jan 18 07:16:09 PST 2006


On Wednesday 18 January 2006 11:28 am, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> Maybe it's just me but the idea of a bunch of English speakers
> sitting around and debating whether or not to permit foreign
> languages on the mailing list is a bit like a bunch of men sitting
> around and debating whether or not to legalize abortion.
>
> It's an issue that so obviously does not affect the discussors
> that it's incredible any of them would believe it possibly affects
> them in any way whatsoever.
>
> Ted
>
Wekk op n smehl da Kaffe, dood!
Effn ah kaint reed et, how dew ah no et
aint L kadeh plennen to rep muh guhrl?
bee jes lahk duh bestads ta yoose Politch!
  -LenZ-

> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Leonard Zettel
> >Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 1:18 AM
> >To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >Cc: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
> >Subject: Re: Foreign language posts (was: Pooomooocyyyy ;()
> >
> >
> >On Wednesday 18 January 2006 05:53 am, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net
> >LLC wrote:
> >(snip)> I think you need to look up the word "xenophobe"
> >
> >> <http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=xenophobe>
> >>
> >> There is nothing in having an english-language-only list that fits
> >> the definition.
> >
> >Them dam furriners oughta get zivilized & learn Anglish!
> >  -LenZ-
> >(snip)
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