+1 On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Paulo de Souza Lima < [email protected]> wrote:
> 2011/7/14 Tom Davies <[email protected]> > > > Hi :) > > It is tricky to find a good word. In England "collaborators" has a hint > of > > revolutionary/terrorist activity & shady dodgy characters working towards > > the > > downfall of the country as in the French Revolution. "Workers" can hint > at > > "comrades" which hints at communism and is seen as bad. "Co-workers" is > > possibly fairly hippy which would make it far worse than any of the > above. > > "Colleagues" is possibly best although it's fairly posh so although some > > office > > workers might understand it many people wouldn't. It also implies that > you > > have > > no control over them as they are on the same level as you in the > hierarchy > > of > > the organisation. "Employees" is the one that might cause the least > amount > > of > > confusion even though the people volunteered and didn't get paid. At > least > > with > > "Employees" it shows that you have some control so it's more accurate. > > "Volunteers" implies the work is such poor quality that it's worthless, > an > > attitude that constantly annoys me a LOT given the amount of amazing > amount > > of > > great work i see every day from volunteers compared to the low quality > of > > work > > i often see from paid workers. Perhaps "Journalists that wrote the > > articles"? > > > > I do like "Employees" & "Colleagues" because it hints at corporate > > professionalism. I like "Collaborators" but many would be suspicious of > > it. > > "Journalists that supplied the articles" might be better in this specific > > case. > > > > Many thanks for this nice explanation =) > > It shows how sometimes we try to say something in a way, and we can be > totally misundertood. > Maybe this could be one of the causes why we are facing some troubles in > our > relationships these days... =) > > > > England is a very frustrating place sometimes. > > Regards from > > Tom :) > > > > > Kind regards > > -- > Paulo de Souza Lima > Técnico em Eletrônica e Administrador > http://www.pasl.net.br > http://almalivre.wordpress.com > Curitiba - PR > Linux User #432358 > Ubuntu User #28729 > > "For people to achieve peace in their relationships, spiritual peace and > the > peace among people, it's necessary, earlier, to win the internal battle > between virtues and defects" - Talal Husseini - Acropolitan Philosopher > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- Clóvis Tristão Net Admin Phone: 55 (19) 3296-4057 / Mobile: 55 (19) 9117-3116 MSN: [email protected] / Skype: tclovis / GTalk: [email protected] Facebook: clovis.tristao / Twitter: @tclovis / Identi.ca: tclovis -------------------;~)---- Be Cool, use GNU/Linux ---------------------------------------- LibreOffice.org --> http://libreoffice.org/ LibreOffice.org Brasil --> http://pt-br.libreoffice.org/ Revista LibreOffice Brasil --> http://pt-br.libreoffice.org/projetos/revista/ -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
