Op 25-11-13 21:00, Ethan Furman schreef: > On 11/25/2013 11:53 AM, Antoon Pardon wrote: >> Op 23-11-13 03:18, Steven D'Aprano schreef: >>> >>> As this is an international forum, it behoves us all to make allowances >>> for slight difference in dialect. >> >> I don't see how that follows. I would say on the contrary. This being >> an international forum people should try to reframe from burdening >> lots of other people with expressions most people will not understand >> or even misunderstand. > > So we can assume you've made a comprehensive study of the different > varieties of English and created a compendium of which words and/or > phrases can be easily misunderstood? Please share that with us, it > would be quite helpful.
Well I can't stop you from assuming something like that, however it wasn't implied by what I wrote. -- Antoon Pardon -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list