Olá Sam,
With respect, where exactly is said that this is an English only
speaking list? I've browsed thoroughly through the LyX's site and the
LyX's wiki, I've asked for help to the ezmlm program that runs this list
and it doesn't say, anywhere, that this is an English only speaking list.
I'm a newcomer to this list so I don't know if such a rule really exists
or not, but its meaning, if it exists, worries me. Because this is a LyX
*users* list and such a rule would mean that people that are not
comfortable in expressing themselves in English -- and I am not saying
that was the case -- can't address to this list seeking for help. And it
would also mean that you would prefer different language speakers to
form their own communities, which is a possibility, naturally, but one
that would make us all poorer, I think, as we wouldn't benefit anymore
from such a diversity of views, opinions and contributions... and fun,
as well, as probably felt David when he learnt that he could also
understand Portuguese and not just Spanish as he thought!
I do not think that English natives really appreciate the effort that it
represents for a foreigner to express himself in English. They seem to
have this singular idea that theirs is an easy language to learn and
that it should therefore be used as an "international" mean of
communication on all times. If that was the case, then US alone wouldn't
have somewhere in between 15 to 60 million illiterates or functional
illiterates, by their own statistics. In UK, the government's Department
for Education reported in 2006 that 42 percent of school children left
school at age 16 without having achieved a basic level of functional
English.
Finally, I invite you to do the following exercise: imagine that LyX was
a Portuguese developed software... How would you feel if you had some
sort of problem to solve and someone answered you: "desculpe, esta é uma
lista lusófona" (sorry, this list is a Portuguese speaking list)?
Roberto
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Sam Lewis wrote:
Olá Waldir,
Sorry this list is an English speaking list.
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-------------------- Roberto Gorjão
freelance designer and web designer
personal site: www.castelosnoar.com
PORTUGAL / BRAGA / PÓVOA DE LANHOSO
