On Saturday 05 September 2009, M Henri Day wrote: >2009/9/5 Lars Nooden <[email protected]> > >> Johnny Rosenberg wrote: >> > Since English is not my first language (and I don't have >> > a second language) I am not sure what ”slamming” and ”flaming” means >> >> In case you have a third language, >> >> slam ~= tukta >> >> flame ~= skälla ut, med antydning att det är ändemål i för sig >> >> http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/F/flame.html<http://www.catb.org/%7E >>esr/jargon/html/F/flame.html> >> >> Whining about slamming became popular under the Bush junta and the >> whining is occasionally used as an attempt at defense when there are no >> technical or factual merits to stand on. For me it stood out most in >> the debate to decree "safe" levels of arsenic or mercury in drinking >> water, overriding the science and biology indicating no safe maximum >> levels. Flaming is often used offensively by the mono crowd and others >> under the Microsoft movement in defense of their products or >> technologies. >> >> Regards >> -Lars > >I think the main point here is that we should be willing to cut our fellow >posters a little slack - many may be writing in a language which they >haven't entirely mastered and many may be unfamiliar with lists of this >type. Minor errors of etiquette are therefore best ignored ; doing so has >the added advantage of conserving our resources for the main task - helping >our fellow users with the problems they encounter in using OOo. Besides, >since most of us seem to reside in glass houses, we should be advised to be >careful with stones.... > >Henri
+10, and very well put, Henri. This needs to be said occasionally on lists such as this where the OP may be looking up what he wants to type in a translation helper of some sort. We who speak English as our first and almost only language tend to forget that the rest of the planet is trying to please us by using English, however broken the translation may be. We should be thankful that non-English speakers at least try. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> What we Are is God's gift to us. What we Become is our gift to God. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
