> Still, it does embarrass me when an English speaker tries to force > English on others. The only thing special about English is that its > speakers have a lot of financial and political power these days. As a > language it sucks. No one can pronounce the English r, not even all > native speakers. Its spelling is a joke that not even the French > can fathom. And the insanity of what passes for its grammar is > legendary.
I don't think it's a matter of enforcing english. I don't ask many questions on this list (have asked maybe a handful over the years). But I have learner A LOT by reading responses to other peoples questions, and by that I have also been able to help others. But if an answer is in a language I don't understand I can't benefit from it, and then I can't help someone else with it. Remember that a post to a list like this is not only directed to person whose question you are answering, but all subscribers. So while I think it is good that the list is multilingual, the list might lose it's purpose if languages are mixed to much. If we get to the point where I don't understand more than half of the posts to the list I think I'm going to look for another forum for support. /Peter
