> Hunt, Bill wrote: > > While I don't disagree in principle, I think an issue is that > much of the benefit of this list is the knowledge gained by > reading about other people's problems and resolutions. If these > discussions start being held in other languages we will not all > be able to benefit from them. > > > > I agree. OTOH, this list is the canonical place for the best help and > the most helpful gurus. As such, I don't think the list is overly > sullied by the occasional conversation in another language--particularly > given the struggles I have seen some non-native-speakers undergo when > trying to express their situations clearly. > > If another list member is able to help them in a shared non-English > language, it helps the original poster, and for indeed many people the > answers are accessible, to boot. > > Another take is that deleting a message one doesn't want to read is a > lot cheaper for the list than coping with the List Police, who if they > had their way would choke the flow horribly with their incessant whining > and demands for purity. > > My HO. > > B.
Brian, I agree with you. English is not my native language, and, in fact, sometimes I suffer the problems you depict. But, I *hardly* try to do my best to put my thoughts in English.... In the other hand, a viable solution coul be that (at least the response to an non-english-language-only mail), include the same response in the 2 languages used (At least, is the way I try to procced in similar cases) The sure thing is that there are NO list similar to this in ANY other languaje, so, I think, flexibility in terms of language will be a plus. Regards. Juan. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.7/156 - Release Date: 02/11/2005 _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users