Re: Languages other than English on the mailing list

[stk]

On Sun, 26 Jun 2005, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:

> I think we have an unwritten policy here of replying in English as
> well as the original language on non-English posts, with a summary of
> the question in English.

That sounds reasonable.  Maybe it deserves to be a "written" policy.

In fact, an English-only reply to a question in French (etc.) would
probably satisfy most people who are asking for technical advice.

But I still don't see anything wrong with two francophones communicating
in French on this list.  Die-hard unilingual readers are no more deprived
of information than they would be if the francophones just didn't bother
to use the list in the first place, which would be a likely reaction to a
linguistic rebuff.

-- Tom