Christopher Mahan wrote:
I am tempted to say that foreign characters showing up in people's sig would go a long way in demonstrating that the W is international.
As a compromise, I would say that those who prefer to write their name in their native script should be allowed to do so, bet should also put the english version in parenthesis if they are meaning their post for an international audience.
I *like* foreign characters. I can't read them, but I feel about them pretty much like Hofstadter does (in /Metamagical Themas/). but if several users start signing with them, most of us can't distinguish between them (yet). and if on most systems they're just "??" ...
bilingual signing is an excellent compromise. :-)