right, looks like we keep focusing on the pointless point.
On 25/02/2020 09:36, Tomek wrote:
Esperanto is a better choice because it takes much less time to learn
it than to learn English.
I doubt this. you don't need Shakespeare or Chaucer for technical
English communication. just use a pidgin, easy enough. hardly any
grammar. you can even forget about articles. poor native speakers, who
have to cope with us!
On 25/02/2020 09:36, Tomek wrote:
I just want everyone on the international list to use a comfortable
language
I *am* comfortable with English, thank you for your consideration and
effort. if you want to know, I am comfortable, in decreasing order,
with Italian, Spanish, English, Dutch, French, German and possibly
Portuguese, (Maarten: I'm counting Dutch and German as if it was two
languages. :-P en dat grappig taaltje van jou, is het Limburgs? zeer
schattig hoor!) But Esperanto? no, I can't read it, I tend to just skip
to the end of the text. Polish? I made an attempt, it's by far the
most difficult language I have ever met.
automated translations? they go through English, mostly, and they fail
terribly when doing two passes. some languages are still beyond the
reach of most translation algorithms. I would NOT rely on them.
so if you are concerned about comfort, you have my personal preferences.
oh, right, sorry, I'm just one, not the community.
do we want to choose a language here? imagine we do that, and we use
the Schutze method for it? do you think the outcome won't be English?
really?
On 25/02/2020 09:36, Tomek wrote:
This is the dictatorship of the majority.
call it as you prefer. I guess this is how the democratic decision
process works. majority dictates. unless you prefer oligarchies
(minority dictates), or theocracies (priests dictate), or plutocracies
(money dictates)… right, you call OSM a plutocracy, since the people
who finance it are deciding for the rest. but, hey, they are paying,
and we may use it gratis, and even make money with it. I don't feel
like complaining you know!
MF
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