I must admit, i begin to change my opinion a little bit. English is still the only language where you ca n find a reasonable amount of people within our "3 language"-country that will understand everything you say. But English is not the language where i can make myself 100% clear. (as you can see in this mail).
Having respect for each other also means having respect for all languages. if you prefer to make yourself clear in Dutch, German or French you must be able to do so. People who receive your mail should have the respect to try to read it. If they respond to your mail in their language we should respect that and at least try to read it and respond to it. If we keep this list in English we treat each other like foreigners and we will never get any closer to a real ubuntu-be community. It says something about the German, Dutch or French Ubuntero's who decide to unsubscribe from this list because they do not want to put effort in translating the mails. Do they want a real ubuntu-be community? It's just an idea ... maybe we should discuss this in our next Ubuntu-be meeting. kind regards Bart 2008/4/8, Philippe Piquer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Having three different languages is sometimes a strength as you'll be able > to talk to/understand more people and sometines a weekness when you have to > repeat everything three times so you're sure everybody understands (this > makes all the SNCB/NMBS announcements in Brussels a (very) long litany...) > > We could use German as Jan proposed but I don't think a lot of us would > undersand the real meaning of the message , and would force to read it at > least twice to begin to understand. > > We could also translate every message in the 3 languages (as it is > mandatory for User Manuals)... > > English is still the best option as it is still the language used in > Ubuntu when no translation is available. > > > Philippe > > > > 2008/4/8, Jan Claeys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Op maandag 07-04-2008 om 22:45 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Koen Wybo: > > > > > Maak dan a.u.b. gebruik van één van de drie erkende landstalen. > > > > > > Als we er één moeten kiezen, dan de "zwakste"? > > > > Sollen wir ab jetzt Deutsch reden? > > > > > > -- > > > > Jan Claeys > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com > > > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be > > > > > -- > ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be > > -- Bart Broeckx Willekensmolenstraat 83/7 3500 Hasselt 0476/66.20.80
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