XPost: alt.usage.english, nl.taal   
   From: athel.cb@gmail.com   
      
   Ruud Harmsen  posted:   
      
   > Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:13:52 +0100: "s|b"  scribeva:   
   > >(Why did you add alt.english.usage twice in your crosspost?)   
   >   
   > I intended to change one to ‘alt.usage.english’, but didn’t.   
   >   
   > That makes me wonder: why do both groups exist? Isn’t that confusing?   
      
   That's been a puzzle for at least 20 years. It's just history. a   
   t.english.usage   
   is a better name, but alt.usage.english was too firmly established to be   
   discarded. Most of us cheerfully post to alt.usage.english, but a few --   
   Steve, Anton, maybe some others -- continue to prefer alt.english.usage.   
      
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