On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 14:54 +0200, Charles Schulz wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Ian Lynch a écrit :
> > On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 13:24 +0200, Charles Schulz wrote:
> >
> >   
> >>> Except that there is not a NLC for England, for example.
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> Then refer to OOo Team.
> >>     
> >
> > In Germany! Great I am an English citizen and I have to refer to OOo
> > Team in Germany who publish no accounts and give me no idea whether
> > money raised in England would ever be spent on English priorities. 
> >   
> Well, that, I'm sure, can be worked out.

I thought so too but in effect it just cost me a load of time making the
effort and getting nowhere.

>  I don't think the OOoTeam
> people are stupid and they can certainly agree on some marketing actions
> in the UK.

So far they have no mechanism for even publishing accounts and this was
pointed out over a year ago.

> Well, first of all, it's interesting to refer to the Welsh, the Scottish
> and the English as being of different *races*. Very interesting indeed.

Semantics apart. I think you will find a lot of the natives of these
countries see themselves as such - of course it depends on how you want
to define race but these are separate countries with separate devolved
governance and different cultural heritages to preserve. They are not
English - go to a soccer match in Glasgow and tell the first person you
meet they are English and see how long your teeth stay in place.

> Second, the NLC is about representing every language except english,

Quite the point I was making. I'm disenfranchised. Don't confuse England
or English with the USA and US English and associated culture either.
Popular mistake at the moment but some of us respect our cultural
heritage.

>  so
> I'm a bit covered up here,

I think you are skating on thin ice.

>  and third, I was just joking.

Well some jokes are not always funny to everyone.

>  I know Brits
> can bash the French all the way and I'm sure you got plenty of that in
> store yourself... :-)

If I have, I'll keep them to myself rather than use them inappropriately
in a serious discussion.

Ian
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