Hey ho, I usually enjoy sticking to lurking from a quiet corner, but as I like both languages and communication as a topic, and also: being a Belgian just like most if not all here, I felt obliged to offer my proverbial 5 eurocents. :)
> If we keep this list in English we treat each other like > foreigners and we will never get any closer to a real > ubuntu-be community. First off, I wouldn't call it "treating each other like foreigners". It's just common sense: in a mixed bag, you go for the lowest common denominator, which in our little triangular and trilingual country happens to be another, fourth language. :) More importantly though, I don't see how language use could influence the becoming (or not) of "a real" ubuntu-be community. Surely I can see why English is easier to produce and/or understand for some as it is for others, but language still essentially is only about communication, meaning I couldn't care less what language mails coming from this list are written in. If an author considers his topic only relevant to certain parts of the population here, or for some other reason is unable or unwilling to offer several versions or an English version, who am I to care or object? "next mail bitte schnell kthxba1" is all I'd think. ;) Cheers auf jeden Fall, Tom (whose French is still in the alpha stages) -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:[email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
