Parole,Parole, parole.... parole soltanto parale... Parole tra noi... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrlew2G6nvA&feature=related
On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Frans Bouma <[email protected]> wrote: > > Frans, > > It took me years to learn how to express myself in a way that isn't > > offensive to other people, and you might note that it hasn't been a > process > > full of success. > > Different cultures have different metrics for communication. > > As a Dutchman who's very direct, I know what you mean with > expressing yourself that isn't meant to be offensive/rude but is seen as > such, been bitten by that many many times. I have no problem with that: it > takes a lot of time to understand the difference between can and could, why > 'please' is necessary etc.. But that's not the point: the text posted here > wasn't lacking 'smoothing words' (for the lack of a better term ;)) to make > it sound 'friendly' for native english speakers. It was its content that > was > interpretable as very condescending. It was very likely not the intention > to > be that way, but IMHO that just shows that the writer didn't place himself > in the place of the reader. On mailinglists/email, it's better to be more > verbose than just write 2 lines with very vague context/content. > > Oh well... > > FB > > > > > On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Frans Bouma <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > sorry, but what *did* you mean then? After 21 years of > > internet > > communication I can damn well interpret email texts, trust me, and > > sorry, if > > you meant something else than what I wrote above, simply write a > > different > > piece of text. > > > > FB > > > > > > > > > -- Fabio Maulo
