response 76 of 111:

May 17 01:57 UTC 1998

Yeah, they're really just pronounced 'gost' and 'gool' as far as I've heard
them.

response 78 of 111:

Jun 4 18:34 UTC 1998

Actually, the bbs interface is quite confusing for a first timer, 
especially if they don't know much about Unix, and more so if they are 
connected through a low-speed line which is shared by some 100 people at 
the same time. I know the feeling. When I invoked 'bbs' for the first 
time on Grex, I was confused too. I used to lose my connection when 
there was a lot of data being pumped to my terminal (lots of new 
responses). What brought me back to the conferences is this wonderful, 
wonderful thing called BackTalk (Thank you, Steve and Jan).

What I have noticed is whenever a first-timer posts something, a lot of 
people respond with "It gets easier" responses. But I suspect in 99% of 
the time, the person never comes back to read these responses.

What we can do is write a brief, but easy-to-follow instructions for a 
first-time user (one-who-has-already-been-into-the-conference-once-,-got 
scared-and-not-planning-to-return type) to explain how to come back a 
second time and view the responses to his/her posting. We will keep 
them in a file and *mail* it to the person who made a first time 
posting (Mail is understood by everyone, as opposed to bbs). We can do 
it on an experimental basis and then see how many people make a second 
time appearance.

One pertinent question whether we really want to do this. I volunteer to 
make a small document about BackTalk as I understand it.

"Ghanshyam" means "deep black", literally. And most probably our 
Ghanshyam is a guy with fair or wheatish complexion :-)

response 80 of 111:

Jun 6 02:05 UTC 1998

One might ask why many users post just once in the conferences, and then
are never heard from again. Of course, I would think they would be more
likely to read their e-mail than to reread a conference (likely not even
knowing what they did, where). On the other hand, maybe they don't know
how to read e-mail, though it seems strange your run of unresponsiveness.

response 82 of 111:

Jul 25 21:47 UTC 1998

I am here, but only one person can be 'here' at a time, you can ask a question
and have it answered by the next person who comes along.  Are you Spanish
speaking?  I think there is a Spanish language item in this conference.

response 84 of 111:

Aug 6 23:11 UTC 1998

I'm here sometimes too.

response 86 of 111:

Aug 7 11:44 UTC 1998

With the net link down, of course not.

response 88 of 111:

Mar 23 04:36 UTC 1999

Si!  Hay "item" para discutir sobre o en espanol, tambien.
Buenvenido a Grex

response 90 of 111:

May 8 08:21 UTC 1999

Is here anybody in this room ???????

response 92 of 111:

Oct 26 16:32 UTC 2000

To the lang cf's fws:  You may wish to link fall agora's item #97 to this cf.

response 94 of 111:

Jul 18 20:32 UTC 2001

Your English is not at all bad.  The only small thing I would change is 'so
kind as to help me' (an idiom) and use one ? not two.  I wish I had some
Italian to improve.  Non comprendo italiano.  Come va?

response 96 of 111:

Jul 21 15:50 UTC 2001

Sindi thank you for the help.
I would change "Non capisco l'italiano" that also sounds better 
than "Non comprendo italiano".
I wonder how I could learn "idiomatic" expressions which are (for me) a 
great obstacle...because I can't translate it.
I don't understand expressions like "gonna" or "gotta"...what's mean? 
it's slang?

Rane..."sempre avanti"...."go still forward"...I think it's the 
translation..it's only used to give informations to seek a street, 
place etc.

Thank you!

response 98 of 111:

Jul 22 14:18 UTC 2001

(....which are themselves a little slangy.  "I am going to" means "I will,"
and "I have got to" means "I need to.")