Re: Why the list should remain as Not English only (Was: Why the list is 'English only')

2007-09-27 Thread Roberto Gorjão
Olá Christian! First of all, thank you for the wonderful job that you and the other developers are doing with this unique tool that is LyX! Next, I would like to thank you because today I learnt my first word in Swedish and that was agreeable to me. Now, about the issue in discussion, I

Re: Why the list should remain as Not English only

2007-09-27 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Roberto Gorjão [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now, about the issue in discussion, I must say that I resent the title that you chose to your message: Why the list is 'English only'. I think it would be better to say that English is the preferred language. I do not think it is interesting to have

Re: Why the list should remain as Not English only (Was: Why the list is 'English only')

2007-09-27 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007, Roberto Gorjão wrote: Now, about the issue in discussion, I must say that I resent the title that you chose to your message: Why the list is 'English only'. The change of the subject was the last thing I did, writing at a very late time in the night. I did the change to

Re: Why the list should remain as Not English only

2007-09-27 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Si je me mettais à répondre en français aux questions techniques, il y aurait beaucoup de détails qui seraient perdus, même pour les autres utilisateurs qui ont des notions de cette langue. Certains détails risqueraient même d'être perdus par les Francophones ;-)

Re: Why the list should remain as Not English only

2007-09-27 Thread Roberto Gorjão
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Roberto Gorjão [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now, about the issue in discussion, I must say that I resent the title that you chose to your message: Why the list is 'English only'. I think it would be better to say that English is the preferred language. I

Re: Why the list should remain as Not English only (Was: Why the list is 'English only')

2007-09-27 Thread Roberto Gorjão
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 27 Sep 2007, Roberto Gorjão wrote: Now, about the issue in discussion, I must say that I resent the title that you chose to your message: Why the list is 'English only'. The change of the subject was the last thing I did, writing at a very late time in the

Re: Why the list should remain as Not English only

2007-09-27 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
I'll just keep this part of your message: It's a very friendly list that transpires solidarity and its renowned by that (I read very nice references about this list even before I ever tried LyX). I think it sums up the situation. People on this list most of the time try to be nice and

Re: Why the list should remain as Not English only

2007-09-27 Thread David L. Johnson
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Si je me mettais à répondre en français aux questions techniques, il y aurait beaucoup de détails qui seraient perdus, même pour les autres utilisateurs qui ont des notions de cette langue. Certains détails risqueraient même d'être perdus

Re: Why the list should remain as Not English only (Was: Why the list is 'English only')

2007-09-27 Thread Paul A. Rubin
I'm a bit bemused (if that's the right word) by this thread, mainly the fact that most ardent advocates of some version of English as the official list language seem to be in the main not native speakers of English, and the native speakers seem to be in the main sitting on the sideline.

Re: Why the list should remain as Not English only (Was: Why the list is 'English only')

2007-09-27 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Paul A. Rubin wrote: I agree with what someone (Christian?) said about keeping postings accessible to as many people as possible, not just the original poster and those responding. Just a purely pragmatical side note: one of the uses of this list are its archieves, and many people use the

Re: Why the list should remain as Not English only (Was: Why the list is 'English only')

2007-09-27 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 03:19:11PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 27 Sep 2007, Roberto Gorjão wrote: Now, about the issue in discussion, I must say that I resent the title that you chose to your message: Why the list is 'English only'. The change of the subject was the last thing

Re: Why the list should remain as Not English only (Was: Why the list is 'English only')

2007-09-27 Thread christian . ridderstrom
Med vänliga hälsningar /Christian (With friendly greetings... doesn't quite translate) But With friendly greetings translates very well into German. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, I actually thought of writing that as explation for the swedish text:-) /C -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44

Re: Why the list should remain as Not English only (Was: Why the list is 'English only')

2007-09-27 Thread Roberto Gorjão
Olá Christian! First of all, thank you for the wonderful job that you and the other developers are doing with this unique tool that is LyX! Next, I would like to thank you because today I learnt my first word in Swedish and that was agreeable to me. Now, about the issue in discussion, I

Re: Why the list should remain as Not English only

2007-09-27 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Roberto Gorjão [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now, about the issue in discussion, I must say that I resent the title that you chose to your message: Why the list is 'English only'. I think it would be better to say that English is the preferred language. I do not think it is interesting to have

Re: Why the list should remain as Not English only (Was: Why the list is 'English only')

2007-09-27 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007, Roberto Gorjão wrote: Now, about the issue in discussion, I must say that I resent the title that you chose to your message: Why the list is 'English only'. The change of the subject was the last thing I did, writing at a very late time in the night. I did the change to

Re: Why the list should remain as Not English only

2007-09-27 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Si je me mettais à répondre en français aux questions techniques, il y aurait beaucoup de détails qui seraient perdus, même pour les autres utilisateurs qui ont des notions de cette langue. Certains détails risqueraient même d'être perdus par les Francophones ;-)

Re: Why the list should remain as Not English only

2007-09-27 Thread Roberto Gorjão
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Roberto Gorjão [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now, about the issue in discussion, I must say that I resent the title that you chose to your message: Why the list is 'English only'. I think it would be better to say that English is the preferred language. I

Re: Why the list should remain as Not English only (Was: Why the list is 'English only')

2007-09-27 Thread Roberto Gorjão
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 27 Sep 2007, Roberto Gorjão wrote: Now, about the issue in discussion, I must say that I resent the title that you chose to your message: Why the list is 'English only'. The change of the subject was the last thing I did, writing at a very late time in the

Re: Why the list should remain as Not English only

2007-09-27 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
I'll just keep this part of your message: It's a very friendly list that transpires solidarity and its renowned by that (I read very nice references about this list even before I ever tried LyX). I think it sums up the situation. People on this list most of the time try to be nice and

Re: Why the list should remain as Not English only

2007-09-27 Thread David L. Johnson
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Si je me mettais à répondre en français aux questions techniques, il y aurait beaucoup de détails qui seraient perdus, même pour les autres utilisateurs qui ont des notions de cette langue. Certains détails risqueraient même d'être perdus

Re: Why the list should remain as Not English only (Was: Why the list is 'English only')

2007-09-27 Thread Paul A. Rubin
I'm a bit bemused (if that's the right word) by this thread, mainly the fact that most ardent advocates of some version of English as the official list language seem to be in the main not native speakers of English, and the native speakers seem to be in the main sitting on the sideline.

Re: Why the list should remain as Not English only (Was: Why the list is 'English only')

2007-09-27 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Paul A. Rubin wrote: I agree with what someone (Christian?) said about keeping postings accessible to as many people as possible, not just the original poster and those responding. Just a purely pragmatical side note: one of the uses of this list are its archieves, and many people use the

Re: Why the list should remain as Not English only (Was: Why the list is 'English only')

2007-09-27 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 03:19:11PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 27 Sep 2007, Roberto Gorjão wrote: Now, about the issue in discussion, I must say that I resent the title that you chose to your message: Why the list is 'English only'. The change of the subject was the last thing

Re: Why the list should remain as Not English only (Was: Why the list is 'English only')

2007-09-27 Thread christian . ridderstrom
Med vänliga hälsningar /Christian (With friendly greetings... doesn't quite translate) But With friendly greetings translates very well into German. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, I actually thought of writing that as explation for the swedish text:-) /C -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44

Re: Why the list should remain as "Not English only" (Was: Why the list is 'English only')

2007-09-27 Thread Roberto Gorjão
Olá Christian! First of all, thank you for the wonderful job that you and the other developers are doing with this unique tool that is LyX! Next, I would like to thank you because today I learnt my first word in Swedish and that was agreeable to me. Now, about the issue in discussion, I

Re: Why the list should remain as "Not English only"

2007-09-27 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Roberto Gorjão <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Now, about the issue in discussion, I must say that I resent the title > that you chose to your message: "Why the list is 'English only'". I think it would be better to say that English is the preferred language. I do not think it is interesting to

Re: Why the list should remain as "Not English only" (Was: Why the list is 'English only')

2007-09-27 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007, Roberto Gorjão wrote: Now, about the issue in discussion, I must say that I resent the title that you chose to your message: "Why the list is 'English only'". The change of the subject was the last thing I did, writing at a very late time in the night. I did the change

Re: Why the list should remain as "Not English only"

2007-09-27 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Si je me mettais à répondre en français aux questions techniques, il y aurait beaucoup de détails qui seraient perdus, même pour les autres utilisateurs qui ont des notions de cette langue. Certains détails risqueraient même d'être perdus par les Francophones ;-)

Re: Why the list should remain as "Not English only"

2007-09-27 Thread Roberto Gorjão
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Roberto Gorjão <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Now, about the issue in discussion, I must say that I resent the title that you chose to your message: "Why the list is 'English only'". I think it would be better to say that English is the preferred language.

Re: Why the list should remain as "Not English only" (Was: Why the list is 'English only')

2007-09-27 Thread Roberto Gorjão
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 27 Sep 2007, Roberto Gorjão wrote: Now, about the issue in discussion, I must say that I resent the title that you chose to your message: "Why the list is 'English only'". The change of the subject was the last thing I did, writing at a very late time in the

Re: Why the list should remain as "Not English only"

2007-09-27 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
I'll just keep this part of your message: > It's a very friendly list that transpires solidarity and its > renowned by that (I read very nice references about this list even > before I ever tried LyX). I think it sums up the situation. People on this list most of the time try to be nice and

Re: Why the list should remain as "Not English only"

2007-09-27 Thread David L. Johnson
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Si je me mettais à répondre en français aux questions techniques, il y aurait beaucoup de détails qui seraient perdus, même pour les autres utilisateurs qui ont des notions de cette langue. Certains détails risqueraient même d'être perdus

Re: Why the list should remain as "Not English only" (Was: Why the list is 'English only')

2007-09-27 Thread Paul A. Rubin
I'm a bit bemused (if that's the right word) by this thread, mainly the fact that most ardent advocates of some version of "English as the official list language" seem to be in the main not native speakers of English, and the native speakers seem to be in the main sitting on the sideline.

Re: Why the list should remain as "Not English only" (Was: Why the list is 'English only')

2007-09-27 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Paul A. Rubin wrote: > I agree with what someone (Christian?) said about keeping postings > accessible to as many people as possible, not just the original poster > and those responding. Just a purely pragmatical side note: one of the uses of this list are its archieves, and many people use the

Re: Why the list should remain as "Not English only" (Was: Why the list is 'English only')

2007-09-27 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 03:19:11PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, 27 Sep 2007, Roberto Gorjão wrote: > > >Now, about the issue in discussion, I must say that I resent the title > >that you chose to your message: "Why the list is 'English only'". > > The change of the subject was the

Re: Why the list should remain as "Not English only" (Was: Why the list is 'English only')

2007-09-27 Thread christian . ridderstrom
Med vänliga hälsningar /Christian ("With friendly greetings"... doesn't quite translate) But "With friendly greetings" translates very well into German. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, I actually thought of writing that as explation for the swedish text:-) /C -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39