Posted by Justin on 05/17/06 00:13

Netmask wrote on [Tue, 16 May 2006 22:37:28 GMT]:
>
> "Biz" <spamoff@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:e%qag.72820$F_3.35785@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net...
>>I have no problem with any other languages, but I do expect to see English
>> only posts in an English based NG....If he wants to ask this question in a
>> german NG, he can knock him/her self out...
>>
>> "Netmask" <netmask56NOFLEAS@geemail.com> wrote in message
>> news:7cgag.4896$S7.3664@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>>
>>> "Eaton Wings" <karenallen03@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:Xns97C3CA52FEBCBnetmd4me@216.196.97.136...
>>> > sanbo <sanbo72@yahoo.de> wrote in
>>> > news:26165863.01147609878953.JavaMail.Boogies@fe06.highwinds-media.phx:
>>> >
>>> >> Suche nach dem Passwort-man kann Film laden aber nicht entpacken was
>>> >> ist das???
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > What's with this freakin' German shit???
>>>
>>> Not sure or care where you are from but the Internet is a World Wide Web.
>> It
>>> is not a 'English' only place, in fact there are more Mandarin speakers
>>> using it than English speakers. I guess I'm lucky I live in a
>> multicultural
>>> country and speak more than one language, unfortunately German is not one
>> of
>>> them. But I think our German friend is looking for a password to unpack a
>>> file he has downloaded.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> I cannot understand why anyone would get upset or even care if there is a
> post in a language other than English - what's the problem? To say the group
> is an English group is nonsense. English is currently the World Franc lingua
> for business and many other transactions so it certainly does help at the
> present time to post in English if possible but it is not going to remain
> that way. In less than 50 years time China will be the dominate financial
> and technological power and there will be a change of the pattern of posts
> and web sites.

Whether China is the dominant power won't change the language. Many
Chinese speak English, India is rapidly catching China and is the
largest English speaking country in the world.

Communication in English will continue for many many years to come.

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