Subject: Re: Bird codes & english
Date: Feb 6 09:37:40 1997
From: Don Baccus - donb at rational.com


>Additionally, there are many people for whom English is a second language
>participating in discussions on American-based lists.

This is an excellent point, especially for those who participate in
Usenet forums. I've seen self-righteous folks flame posters whose
mail addresses are clearly things like ".nl" (The Netherlands, well,
rarely - the Dutch all speak English better than we do), ".su" (ex-Soviet
Union) and the like.

- Don Baccus, Portland OR <donb at rational.com>
Nature photos, on-line guides, at (NEW) http://donb.photo.net