On Sun, 01 Mar 2015 20:14:13 -0800, Rustom Mody wrote: > On Sunday, March 1, 2015 at 10:32:00 PM UTC+5:30, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: >> Mark Lawrence : >> >> > Are you suggesting that we Brits have a single "home accent"? If you >> > are, you need to stand up as your voice is rather muffled. That by >> > the way is a British expression that may or may not be used around >> > the Commonwealth. Should we unlearn it to fit in with American >> > English? Two chances, zero or none. >> >> What you (or I) speak in our native surroundings is up to you (and me). >> >> However, when I exhange software engineering ideas with you, I wish >> both of us could stick to American English. > > When I was in college, there was this course called ‹Accounting and > Bookkeeping› > It was a disaster since I always accounted on the wrong side of the > ledger. > I guess I only passed because the teacher occasionally also accounted on > the wrong side of the ledger!! > > With due respect Marko, are you accounting on the wrong side of the > ledger? > > If some non-native of English expresses him/herself poorly we still try > to understand – its even in the code of conduct or somethin > > And yet you insist that a Brit (or English or whatever) should change > his ways¹? <snip some very good explanation>
or as another analogy why don't you (Marco) try telling a Barber in Seville that he should be speaking Latin Spanish not that strange variation he uses? I suspect the reaction you get will be far more severe than the one you are getting from we English (& Brits) -- system has been recalled -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
