Hello, Meetings of big national companies, with people from each part of Belgium, are held in english too. English should stay the lists primary language, if a message is really only interesting for dutch or french-speaking people, then saying this in a short sentence before continuing in the local language would be the least in my opinion, also from an international point of view.
Greetings, Pierre 2008/2/25, Antonio Zugaldia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Well, I guess it very much depends on the kind of activities you want > to promote with this list. If you just want to setup events for the > Dutch / French / German communities, then the corresponding languages > are fine. But if you want to open the activities to everybody living > in Belgium, and particularly in Brussels, then I only see English (or > French) as the only possibilities. > > On the other hand, I don't see any problem on having messages in other > languages if you're discussing a local activity (then a one line > summary is appreciated). Languages are meant to connect people! > > Cheers :-) > > A. > > > On 2/25/08, Stephan van Ingen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For practical reasons I think all the blabla about languages should be > > put aside and moved to politicians, > > let's face it: English is the most common language for a lot of > > people, if we want to be open for as much people as possible...: I add > > my vote to Mark's initial suggestion > > > > On 25/02/2008, Julien Willem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Let's learn Esperanto =) > > > > > > > > -- > > > ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com > > > > > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > http://stephanvaningen.net > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I am a happy www.ubuntu.com user > > -- > > > > > > -- > > > > ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com > > > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be > > > > > > -- > Antonio Zugaldia > http://zugaldia.net > > > -- > > ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be > -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
