Thikent

Votre séjour à Colmar en Alsace. Louez un appartement de standing dans une
résidence située en plein coeur du centre historique. Location à la semaine
ou pour un week-end.

Visite guidée sur www.grat8.com/commanderie.htm

Hatunen

On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 21:48:07 +0100, "Thikent"
wrote:

    >Votre séjour à Colmar en Alsace. Louez un appartement de standing dans une
    >résidence située en plein coeur du centre historique. Location à la semaine
    >ou pour un week-end.
    >Visite guidée sur www.grat8.com/commanderie.htm
I guess they only accept French-speaking people.


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Devil

On Wed, 05 Mar 2003 20:51:26 +0000, Hatunen wrote:

    > On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 21:48:07 +0100, "Thikent"
    > wrote:
    >
    >>Votre séjour à Colmar en Alsace. Louez un appartement de standing dans une
    >>résidence située en plein coeur du centre historique. Location à la semaine
    >>ou pour un week-end.
    >>Visite guidée sur www.grat8.com/commanderie.htm
    > I guess they only accept French-speaking people.

Kind of nice for these German guys, I would say.

    :-)

Marie Lewis

In article , Hatunen
writes
    >On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 21:48:07 +0100, "Thikent"
    >wrote:
    >>Votre séjour à Colmar en Alsace. Louez un appartement de standing dans une
    >>résidence située en plein coeur du centre historique. Location à la semaine
    >>ou pour un week-end.
    >>Visite guidée sur www.grat8.com/commanderie.htm
    >I guess they only accept French-speaking people.


Why would you guess that? Do American places advertise in several
languages?
--
Marie Lewis

Greg Byshenk

Hatunen wrote:
    > "Thikent" wrote:

    > >Votre séjour à Colmar en Alsace. Louez un appartement de standing dans une
    > >résidence située en plein coeur du centre historique. Location à la semaine
    > >ou pour un week-end.

    > >Visite guidée sur www.grat8.com/commanderie.htm

    > I guess they only accept French-speaking people.

Is this supposed to be a joke?


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Hatunen

On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 09:22:26 +0000, Marie Lewis
wrote:

    >In article , Hatunen
    > writes
    >>On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 21:48:07 +0100, "Thikent"
    >>wrote:
    >>>Votre séjour à Colmar en Alsace. Louez un appartement de standing dans une
    >>>résidence située en plein coeur du centre historique. Location à la semaine
    >>>ou pour un week-end.
    >>>Visite guidée sur www.grat8.com/commanderie.htm
    >>I guess they only accept French-speaking people.
    >Why would you guess that? Do American places advertise in several
    >languages?

Yes, they frequently do, even when only directing that advertising to
an American audience.

************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

Ellie Clemens

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Hatunen wrote:

    >On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 09:22:26 +0000, Marie Lewis
    > wrote:
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    >> writes
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    >>>On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 21:48:07 +0100, "Thikent"
    >>>wrote:
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    >>>>Votre s=E9jour =E0 Colmar en Alsace. Louez un appartement de standing=
dans une
    >>>>r=E9sidence situ=E9e en plein coeur du centre historique. Location =E0=
la semaine
    >>>>ou pour un week-end.
    >>>>Visite guid=E9e sur www.grat8.com/commanderie.htm
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    >>>I guess they only accept French-speaking people.
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    >>Why would you guess that? Do American places advertise in several=20
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    >Yes, they frequently do, even when only directing that advertising to
    >an American audience.

Really? I've never seen such a thing in this part of the US. Maybe=20
it's beacuse there's a larger Hispanic population where you are? Here=20
in Mass, I think that state offices provide both English and Spanish,=20
and Cambodian and Vietnamese in some communities, but I've never seen a=20
commercial enterprise offer anything in a language other than English.=20
Interesting.

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    > * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
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Hatunen wrote:

On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 09:22:26 +0000, Marie Lewis
<[email protected]> wrote:



In article <[email protected]>, Hatunen
<[email protected]> writes


On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 21:48:07 +0100, "Thikent" <[email protected]>
wrote:



Votre séjour à Colmar en Alsace. Louez un appartement de standing dans une
résidence située en plein coeur du centre historique. Location à la semaine
ou pour un week-end.

Visite guidée sur www.grat8.com/commanderie.htm



I guess they only accept French-speaking people.



Why would you guess that? Do American places advertise in several
languages?



Yes, they frequently do, even when only directing that advertising to
an American audience.


Really? Â I've never seen such a thing in this part of the US. Â Maybe it's
beacuse there's a larger Hispanic population where you are? Â Here in Mass,
I think that state offices provide both English and Spanish, and Cambodian
and Vietnamese in some communities, but I've never seen a commercial enterprise
offer anything in a language other than English. Â Interesting.


************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *



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Peter

    >>>>Votre séjour à Colmar en Alsace. Louez un appartement de standing dans une
    >>>>résidence située en plein coeur du centre historique. Location à la semaine
    >>>>ou pour un week-end.
    >>>>Visite guidée sur www.grat8.com/commanderie.htm
    >>>I guess they only accept French-speaking people.
    >>Why would you guess that? Do American places advertise in several
    >>languages?
    >Yes, they frequently do, even when only directing that advertising to
    >an American audience.
makes sense in a country with irish, hispanic, indian, chinese and some other
people. in france, i guess the only minority is arab. (and dutch, during summer
holidays :-)

--
Peter Koster
Het Hurktoilet, reisgids voor Frankrijk
http://www.hurktoilet.nl

Greg Byshenk

Hatunen wrote:
    > Marie Lewis wrote:
    > >Hatunen writes
    > >>"Thikent" wrote:

    > >>>Votre séjour à Colmar en Alsace. Louez un appartement de standing dans une
    > >>>résidence située en plein coeur du centre historique. Location à la semaine
    > >>>ou pour un week-end.

    > >>>Visite guidée sur www.grat8.com/commanderie.htm

    > >>I guess they only accept French-speaking people.

    > >Why would you guess that? Do American places advertise in several
    > >languages?

    > Yes, they frequently do, even when only directing that advertising to
    > an American audience.

And naturally, if they advertise only in English, that means that they
only accept English-speaking customers, right?


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Hatunen

On 07 Mar 2003 17:30:52 GMT, greg byshenk
wrote:

    >Hatunen wrote:
    >> Marie Lewis wrote:
    >> >Hatunen writes
    >> >>"Thikent" wrote:
    >> >>>Votre séjour à Colmar en Alsace. Louez un appartement de standing dans une
    >> >>>résidence située en plein coeur du centre historique. Location à la semaine
    >> >>>ou pour un week-end.
    >> >>>Visite guidée sur www.grat8.com/commanderie.htm
    >> >>I guess they only accept French-speaking people.
    >> >Why would you guess that? Do American places advertise in several
    >> >languages?
    >
    >> Yes, they frequently do, even when only directing that advertising to
    >> an American audience.
    >And naturally, if they advertise only in English, that means that they
    >only accept English-speaking customers, right?

I should have said "desire", not "accept"...


************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

Hatunen

On Fri, 07 Mar 2003 18:04:08 GMT, [email protected] (Hatunen) wrote:

    >On 07 Mar 2003 17:30:52 GMT, greg byshenk
    >wrote:
    >>Hatunen wrote:
    >>> Marie Lewis wrote:
    >>> >Hatunen writes
    >>> >>"Thikent" wrote:
    >>> >>>Votre séjour à Colmar en Alsace. Louez un appartement de standing dans une
    >>> >>>résidence située en plein coeur du centre historique. Location à la semaine
    >>> >>>ou pour un week-end.
    >>> >>>Visite guidée sur www.grat8.com/commanderie.htm
    >>> >>I guess they only accept French-speaking people.
    >>> >Why would you guess that? Do American places advertise in several
    >>> >languages?
    >>
    >>> Yes, they frequently do, even when only directing that advertising to
    >>> an American audience.
    >>And naturally, if they advertise only in English, that means that they
    >>only accept English-speaking customers, right?
    >I should have said "desire", not "accept"...

Following up on myself...

I think anyone who posts a spam in French to a newsgroup largely
conducted not in French can be assumed to not be very desirous of
having clientele who are not Francophone. Just as anyone who posted an
ad in English in, say, a French-language Quebec magazine can be
presumed to not really be anxious to have monolingual Quebecois
clientele, depsite his choice of advertising medium.

************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

Marie Lewis

In article , Hatunen
writes
    >I think anyone who posts a spam in French to a newsgroup largely
    >conducted not in French can be assumed to not be very desirous of
    >having clientele who are not Francophone.


Is this not a tad arrogant? Most English people learn French at school
to some extent.

Many other Europeans speak some French. Or do they not matter?
--
Marie Lewis

Greg Byshenk

Marie Lewis wrote:
    > Hatunen writes

    > >I think anyone who posts a spam in French to a newsgroup largely
    > >conducted not in French can be assumed to not be very desirous of
    > >having clientele who are not Francophone.

Why? I see no reason to think that they would not be quite happy to
accept Tagalog-speaking clientele. Is this the primary "target"
market? Probably not. But that hardly means that others are not
accepted (and very probably even encouraged).


    > Is this not a tad arrogant? Most English people learn French at school
    > to some extent.

    > Many other Europeans speak some French. Or do they not matter?

And this, of course is silly. Dave was discussing the issue of French
_speaking_ clientele. If someone speaks French (no matter how or where
they might have learned it), then they are indeed French speaking (by
definition).


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Evelynvogtgamble

Marie Lewis wrote:
    >
    > In article , Hatunen
    > writes
    > >I think anyone who posts a spam in French to a newsgroup largely
    > >conducted not in French can be assumed to not be very desirous of
    > >having clientele who are not Francophone.
    >
    > Is this not a tad arrogant? Most English people learn French at school
    > to some extent.
    >
    > Many other Europeans speak some French. Or do they not matter?

And we have, from time to time, had posts here in German, Dutch,
Spanish, Italian, Swedish.... (which usually drew repiles in the same
language). Just because most posts here are in English (largely for the
convenience of us "linguistically challenged" Americans) doesn't mean
that only English-speaking people post here! (And for many who do,
English is a second or third language, not their native tongue.)

Ic Dien

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" schreef in bericht
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    > Marie Lewis wrote:
    > >
    > > In article , Hatunen
    > > writes
    > > >I think anyone who posts a spam in French to a newsgroup largely
    > > >conducted not in French can be assumed to not be very desirous of
    > > >having clientele who are not Francophone.
    > >
    > > Is this not a tad arrogant? Most English people learn French at school
    > > to some extent.
    > >
    > > Many other Europeans speak some French. Or do they not matter?
    > And we have, from time to time, had posts here in German, Dutch,
    > Spanish, Italian, Swedish.... (which usually drew repiles in the same
    > language). Just because most posts here are in English (largely for the
    > convenience of us "linguistically challenged" Americans) doesn't mean
    > that only English-speaking people post here! (And for many who do,
    > English is a second or third language, not their native tongue.)
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