On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 21:50:50 -0800, Servants <servants at cotse.net> wrote: > Re: English finally replaces unreadable text > > My apologies to those of you on the Scribus > mailing list who were offended by my post. ... Spanish, for instance, > is easy to understand (at least the context) > though I've never studied it, for so many words > are borrowed from English.
<mode = "pedantic"> For the record, there are only a handful of words in Spanish that have been borrowed from English. There are, however, a great many that share a common root, namely Latin (having arrived in English via French around 1066). </mode> > Scribus, nor any other open source project, has > not or will not achieve the growth and success > desired by the developers unless the default > language is English - the International language. For my part, I'm both delighted and impressed by the level of English of the non-native speakers on this list. As I live and work in my second language, I know it isn't easy. > My comment was wit, as noted by Malte, and not a > jab intended to offend anyone. It's actually quite > comical. Though I'm not fluent in all of them, I > speak and/or understand 4 languages - and two sign > languages. When I'm at home English is not the first > language that I speak. If I mailed the list in that > tongue I dare say only one other person I've encountered > on this list would understand it. Want to give us any more hints? > When the redrawing > issue is changed, I believe Scribus will begin to be > a contender -- and I'm hanging around, learning, and > helping whenever my limited knowledge of that area > allows. Good. We all need to be patient with each other now and then. Anyway, apology accepted... at least by me! Steve -- Nothing changes on New Year's Day. - U2 Everything can change on a New Year's Day. - Rage Against the Machine
