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RE: Languages other than English on the mailing list
From: |
Sven Axelsson |
Subject: |
RE: Languages other than English on the mailing list |
Date: |
Sun, 26 Jun 2005 10:45:59 +0200 |
> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden
>
> On Sun, 26 Jun 2005, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:
>
> > In fact, an English-only reply to a question in French (etc.) would
> > probably satisfy most people who are asking for technical advice.
>
> But I still don't see anything wrong with two francophones
> communicating in French on this list. Die-hard unilingual
> readers are no more deprived of information than they would
> be if the francophones just didn't bother
> to use the list in the first place, which would be a likely
> reaction to a linguistic rebuff.
While that certainly is true, the francophones are also deprived
of any answers that the non-french speakers could provide. If
we try to keep all the communication in a single language there
is a much greater chance of getting one's questions answered.
--
Sven Axelsson, Sweden
- Re: Languages other than English on the mailing list, stk, 2005/06/26
- Re: Languages other than English on the mailing list, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, 2005/06/26
- Re: Languages other than English on the mailing list, stk, 2005/06/26
- RE: Languages other than English on the mailing list,
Sven Axelsson <=
- Re: Languages other than English on the mailing list, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, 2005/06/26
- Re: Languages other than English on the mailing list, Erik Sandberg, 2005/06/26
- Re: Languages other than English on the mailing list, Graham King, 2005/06/26
- Re: Languages other than English on the mailing list, Werner LEMBERG, 2005/06/26
- RE: Languages other than English on the mailing list, Sven Axelsson, 2005/06/26
- Re: Other Languages, Machine translation, dax2, 2005/06/26
- Re: Languages other than English on the mailing list, dax2, 2005/06/26
- RE: Languages other than English on the mailing list, David Bobroff, 2005/06/26
- Re: Languages other than English on the mailing list, Werner LEMBERG, 2005/06/27
- Re: Languages other than English on the mailing list, Oddmund Åvik, 2005/06/26