On Fri, April 11, 2008 12:06, Bruno De Bondt wrote: > Agree wholeheartedly. > > .: liezie :. wrote: >> Yeah. Its getting tiring. >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Christophe Vandeplas >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >> I can only confirm this... >> Let's hope this good and lenghty mail will be the end of these >> endless >> and useless discussions. >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:20 AM, Alex Ficelle >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> >> wrote: >> > Dear list, >> > >> > Some people speak only Dutch, some people speak only French, >> some both >> > Dutch and French or French and Dutch, some can also speak >> English, some >> > no English at all. No matter the combination of languages you >> choose, >> > not everybody will ever be totally satisfied or comfortable. >> > >> > I notice the current language "policy" used on this mailing >> list has >> > worked well until now. Those who can, write in English; those who >> > cannot, write in their own language. Messages intended for >> everybody >> > were written in English; messages intended only for people >> speaking a >> > certain language were written in that language. People who >> could not >> > read the language used in a particular message, but felt that >> particular >> > message might be of interest, asked for the meaning or for a >> translation >> > on the list or made a special effort to decode it by themselves. >> > >> > As for real-life meetings, English has always been the lingua >> frenca >> > (even if a clumsy one) and has enabled us to communicate when >> the whole >> > group was concerned (even if communication was not 100 % >> perfect) and to >> > get things done or going. People usually reverted to French or >> Dutch >> > when speaking of informal matters in smaller sub-groups (during >> breaks, >> > for example); they usually switched back to English when >> someone who >> > could not understand the language felt an interest in the topic >> at hand. >> > >> > In the past few months, I reduced my involvement in Ubuntu-be >> > significantly because of big (time-consuming) changes in my >> personal >> > life. I kept reading this list, though (and I have no problem >> reading >> > messages in English, Dutch, French or German). And I must say I >> do >> > really not like the new trend in the past few months of >> debating over >> > language "issues" more than organizing events about Ubuntu. >> > >> > I read many times repeated that the current language policy >> would drive >> > people away from the list. Like I said above, my experience has >> shown >> > that the policy has worked well until now. And right now, those >> sterile >> > and endless debates about language are driving me away from the >> list, >> > not the policy. >> > >> > Alexandre >> > >> > >> > -- >> > ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com >> <mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com> >> > >> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be >> > >> >> -- >> ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com >> <mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com> >> >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be >> >> > > -- > > Bruno De Bondt > Web/tech Indymedia.be > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: http://www.indymedia.be > > Encrypted e-mail welcome. > PGP key: http://brunodbo.be/files/docs/brunoatindymediabe_pubkey.asc > Fingerprint: C25C 3B90 4A10 FBBC 3B22 4C7D 3AFB AD2C D48B 28E2 > > > -- > ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be > >
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