I agree with most of what's been said here. I just want to point out that the complaint I did originally, wasn't about the OP's English, but rather the fact that he sent the same question three times, which I found a bit annoying. I realize now that he probably didn't do this by purpose and I apologize if someone was hurt.
Johnny Rosenberg 2009/9/5 Gene Heskett <[email protected]>: > 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
