Steven D'Aprano wrote: > I'm amused and somewhat perplexed that somebody with the non-English > name of Stefan, writing from a .de email address, seems to be assuming > that (1) everybody is on the Internet, and (2) everybody on the Internet > speaks English.
Oh, I totally don't. But most people who read c.l.py do at least understand it to a certain extent. I don't commonly read /that/ many non-english-speaking Python forums thoroughly enough to assume that the OP posted the question only in English and only in c.l.py. I don't even assume that he only posted that question to an Internet newsgroup. You know, there's real-life, too. >> But reading statements like the above really makes me feel that it's >> best to comment even on simple things like "hi guys!". > > Or you could enter the 21 century and understand that "guys" has become a > generic term for people of any sex. Is that true for everyone who understands and/or writes English? In that case, I'm fine with your above statement. Otherwise, I'd wonder who you meant with the term "cultural chauvinism". So far, I only learned that most North-American English native speakers use that term in the way you refer to. That doesn't even get you close to the majority of English speakers. Stefan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
