Rob
> Please, don't forget to put a [French] warning in your header next time.
> Thank you.
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Dom78
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> The title of the show does sound a bit childish (I mean who the hell
>name their child "Buffy").
King Henry the Eighth, for one.
Queen Elizabeth The First, the greatest monarch in British history was
called "Buffy" as a child. The name being a popular derivation of
Elizabeth in times past. (Though not so much in Britain now).
Of course Joyce named her Buffy though, not Elizabeth, and thus I have
no way to counter that part of your argument.
Out of curiosity; Have you had any Dutch monarchs with peculiar names?
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Chris Jordan
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> > Please, don't forget to put a [French] warning in your header next time.
> > Thank you.
>
> Why don't you apply your "rule" to English ?
> Isn't that annoying ?
Because it's English language based newsgroup. And I don't really
want to start this discussion again, because it is pointlesss.
Le Mat
----break the vows that tie you up----
-hate my God that brought you up here-
---------------let it burn------------
Saying it is a English Language Based ng is a bit short sighted, it is a bit
like some one seeing a black sheep and saying all sheep are black!, it is a
predominantly english speaking news group.
CYA-Around
- NØVA
"NØVA" wrote:
> The "Rule" makes sense, but the way you ask our non-english speaking friends
> could be seen as a bit abbrupt, mabey someone should post the "Rule" in a
> couple of different languages (English/French/German/Italian/Russian!) every
> two weeks or so, Like a FAQ or something.
>
> Saying it is a English Language Based ng is a bit short sighted, it is a bit
> like some one seeing a black sheep and saying all sheep are black!, it is a
> predominantly english speaking news group.
There is a FAQ which has been posted here a few times. The biggest problem is
that the FAq is in english and we can't find anyone to do a trustworthy
translation in other languages. The whole french/other language posts are kind
of a touchy issue in this group however and there have been numerous discussions
on it. It doesn't justify but it does explain people replying a bit shortly etc.
because theres just a huge flood of french posts, people are getting anoyed and
more than a bit tired of the whole issue. That's not the fault of the french who
don't know that they're breaking any rules till we tell them (and, btw, thanks
to rob for having the patience to point that out to almost all the new french
posters...you're saving all of us a lot of trouble :-)), but rather it's our
problem. Anyways like I'm said we're all tired of the subject so let's stop this
discussion here....
See Ya,
George
> because theres just a huge flood of french posts, people are
> getting anoyed and more than a bit tired of the whole issue.
The language thing doesn't bother me that much. I get more
annoyed by the endless flood of message like "I love Buffy, mail
me", without any indication of wanting to contribute something
substantial, on-topic discussion into this newsgroup. That these
kind of messages are mostly in French is perhaps a coincidence.
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Rob