Hi, I just wanted to chime in on this subject; andres wrote: > It wasn't my intention to be rude but to be brief. But you are right, > re-reading my mail I can see why it seems rude.
The internet anonymizes its users, making them prone to post things they don't truly stand behind. As a result of this, everybody ought to take internet postings with a grain of salt -or sugar- and read past any bile that might seem to lay beneath.. I'm Norwegian, and our language isn't quite as refined when it comes to pleasantries.. We don't normally use "please" and "thank you" in every other sentence, which can make us seem rude to others. Because of my technical nature, I often value brevity and accuracy over pleasantries - I prefer to write my replies in a short and direct manner most of the time. I do however appreciate the finer details of "normal" english, and try my best to fulfill the expectations of others when I communicate using it. I may not be perfect in my execution, but it is my second language, after all. I'm not sure why I wrote up this rant, and I'm sorry I made you read through it.. On the bright side, I don't post that often ;) > I'm sorry about that and I hope this doesn't discourage Jack from considering > Enlightenment for future articles. And thanks. Given Jacks' followups to your posting, I would say it didn't :) -- Cheers, Morten ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
