On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:26:18 -0500, Derek Roff <derek@unm...> wrote:
I also think it is reasonable to communicate via this list to a smaller subset of ourmembership, in whatever language is most appropriate. I hope that messages will appear from time to time in Dutch, German, Polish, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and whatever other languages might help communicate to the desired subset of our members.
Nihao Eh ?I think that this whole schmozzle could be easily resolved if everyone just began speaking and writing the language that the greatest number of this planet's inhabitants call their native language and in the future, may well displace English as the universal language in daily global transactions-- Chinese.
But failing that, I don't have a problem with people posting in languages other than English and like Derek, I am delighted to see and encourage such.
True, there will be segments of the list membership who may not understand but if they truly want to, it does not take much effort to make use of any on the on-line translators in order to catch the gist of the message and in so doing, they may learn a little bit of that "foreign" language ... and that, I think, is a Good Thing.
And if they don't make the effort to translate the message, nothing is lost because the message's intended audience will still have been reached.
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