> > I don't appreciate foreign language items on this list. Am I the > > only one? > > What's "foreign"? English is common on the net, but it's not a > standard. If > there are more than two people speaking a language on the list, let them > converse (anytime only two people are interested in something they should > take it to private email, of course - regardless of language ;).
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