On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 1:17 AM, Jan Claeys <[email protected]> wrote: > Op woensdag 11-03-2009 om 11:28 uur [tijdzone -0400], schreef Simón > Ruiz: >> Re: a common language: It's not that the particular language is >> somehow better, or that the other one is bad, or that we're ignorant, >> elitist monoglots, or anything like that; it is simple more useful to >> have one language per list. > > Actually, the ubuntu-be list allows 4 languages and at least 3 of them > are used from time to time. > > Belgium has 3 official languages (Dutch, French, German) and we use > English as some sort of "lingua franca". I haven't seen any discussions > in German yet (the German-speaking community being a really small > minority), but the other 3 languages *are* used on our mailing list.
That's a good point. I painted a broad generalization, so it's not surprising that a great counter-example was brought up. I suppose I would refine that to "it is simply more useful to adhere to a list's language policy or culture." My main point was basically: "Asking people to stop using the[/a] primary language of the list you just subscribed to is neither useful nor polite." > I guess we Belgians are elitist polyglots then... ;-) *lol* Hey, at least you're not ignorant. ;-) > -- > Jan Claeys Simón -- loco-contacts mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
