Re: german mailinglist for lilypond?

[Anthony W. Youngman]

In message <address@hidden>, Hans 
Forbrich <address@hidden> writes
> One variation I have used when writing to German lists to which I belong:
> Being of German descent but having a somewhat limited vocabulary, I will
> write the question in both my limited German and in English.  I usually get
> help in two ways then - in my problem and in my German.

I'd go along with that, actually (and I'm the same as you - I had a 
German grandmother :-) "Other languages are fine, so long as they are 
accompanied by an English translation".
> I agree with Werner's concern - splitting to language-based lists will do very
> little more than splinter the already limited (albeit excellent) resources
> that are available.  (And give the spam-bots more lists to haunt.)

Yup. I don't think more lists are a good idea, either (hence the desire 
to permit other languages if necessary). Again, I've seen the same sort 
of thing - foreign posts were accepted, but replies were usually 
bilingual - in the original language and in English.

But as a native English speaker who considers himself European, I really 
don't like the idea of a "foreign" language (namely American) as our 
"lingua franca" ... The majority of Europeans (by a long way) speak a 
variant of German as their native language.

Cheers,
Wol
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