Quite. English people are often seen as being very rude too. I have certainly been quite rude to quite a number of good people in here but not received any criticism for it yet. I try to mitigate my rudeness by sometimes giving congrats where it's due but it would be better if i avoided "knee-jerk" responses and took some time to consider my posts before making them.
Hey, great news about the new release candidate! :) Good luck and regards to all from Tom :) ________________________________ From: Jean Hollis Weber <jeanwe...@gmail.com> To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 13 January, 2011 9:41:17 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] !politeness "Politeness" is also a function of culture. What one group of people consider to be polite may seem quite rude to others. Email is a notoriously difficult medium in which to indicate "tone" in one's speech, especially when combined with the cultural differences. For example, David's use of lots of smileys often "sounds" to me like he is being condescending, or smirking. I know that's not what he intends, but it does often "sound" that way. Some of us (including some people from some parts of America) have more abrupt methods of speaking, or different turns of phrase, with fewer of the sorts of phrases that Brits and some others consider important indicators of politeness. We are not deliberately being rude, but we often sound that way to others. Trust me, if one of us wants to be rude, you ain't heard nothin' yet. --Jean -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/documentation/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/documentation/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
