Re: Why mailing-lists? Usenet have been invented, I hear. ;-)

[Barney Wrightson <barney.wrightson@dsto.defence.gov.au>]

David Pastern wrote:
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> 10.  Remember that english is not everyones main tongue.  Writing skills are
> always weaker for a person from a NESB (non english speaking background).  
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Dave W Pastern

On the contrary, I tend to find that the worst English comes from people 
 who claim it as their first language. Normally if a post contains the 
words "please excuse my english" I am pretty confident of being able to 
understand it perfectly :)

Barney.