Hoi,
It is not that I am not able to look up words in a dictionary.. When an
excess of dificult word is used, the message is lost.
Thanks,
GerardM
2009/3/4 quiddity
> http://www.onelook.com/?w=encomium "a formal expression of praise"
> http://www.onelook.com/?w=hagiography "a biography tha
2009/3/5 Gerard Meijssen :
> It is not that I am not able to look up words in a dictionary.. When an
> excess of dificult word is used, the message is lost.
None of these were excessively difficult, and now you know more English words.
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Hoi,
My English is considered to be quite good. I have not learned any new words
and I do not mind to have an occassional word. For me this was excessive and
it stopped my reading and my interest.
Thanks,
Gerard
PS David, what was you first language again ?
2009/3/5 David Gerard
> 2009/3/
> 2009/3/5 Gerard Meijssen :
>
>> It is not that I am not able to look up words in a dictionary.. When an
>> excess of dificult word is used, the message is lost.
on 3/5/09 6:02 AM, David Gerard at dger...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> None of these were excessively difficult,
Yes, perhaps they were, D
David, please consider that English is not the native language of everybody.
I took a lot of effort to learn your language, it would be appropriate if
you would try from your side to make it more easy for non natives to
understand you.
Instead of mocking about GerardM's English, please do the follo
Well, one has to adopt a relative perspective.
My experience has been that, although certainly there is room for
expansion in scientific articles on specialty topics, Wikipedia
already has much better coverage of science than any print
encyclopedias, and most basic scientific subjects are treated
2009/3/5 Gerard Meijssen :
> My English is considered to be quite good. I have not learned any new words
> and I do not mind to have an occassional word. For me this was excessive and
> it stopped my reading and my interest.
You didn't notice your original response was to someone whose first
lan
Please stop this.
John
Gerard Meijssen skrev:
> Hoi,
> My English is considered to be quite good. I have not learned any new words
> and I do not mind to have an occassional word. For me this was excessive and
> it stopped my reading and my interest.
> Thanks,
> Gerard
>
> PS David, what was
I think we need to ban anyone with "Gerard" in their (first or last) name.
I certainly wish it were possible to filter out such emails without deleting
them completely.
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 9:36 AM, John at Darkstar wrote:
> Please stop this.
> John
>
> Gerard Meijssen skrev:
> > Hoi,
> > My E
Pharos wrote:
> In contrast, Wikipedia's coverage of the humanities is often inferior
> to the better print encyclopedias, and even with very basic subjects.
> This is perhaps because the humanities lend themselves less to easy
> summary, as there is usually a great variety of scholarly opinion on
This line of reasoning will end now. I am sick of seeing rants, tirades, and
personal attacks in my inbox. We have to improve our BLP policies, your sniping
is not helping that.
From: Anthony
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
Sent: Thursday, March 5, 200
Gerard Meijssen wrote:
> Hoi,
> My English is considered to be quite good. I have not learned any new words
> and I do not mind to have an occassional word. For me this was excessive and
> it stopped my reading and my interest.
> Thanks,
> Gerard
>
> PS David, what was you first language again
One of the important components of the usability initiative is to
conduct multiple rounds of usability tests. The plan is to conduct at
least three rounds of tests for qualitative usability evaluation over
the span of twelve months, i) the initial evaluation, ii) the progress
evaluation, and i
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