Agree wholeheartedly. .: liezie :. wrote: > Yeah. Its getting tiring. > > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Christophe Vandeplas > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > I can only confirm this... > Let's hope this good and lenghty mail will be the end of these endless > and useless discussions. > > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:20 AM, Alex Ficelle > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Dear list, > > > > Some people speak only Dutch, some people speak only French, > some both > > Dutch and French or French and Dutch, some can also speak > English, some > > no English at all. No matter the combination of languages you > choose, > > not everybody will ever be totally satisfied or comfortable. > > > > I notice the current language "policy" used on this mailing > list has > > worked well until now. Those who can, write in English; those who > > cannot, write in their own language. Messages intended for > everybody > > were written in English; messages intended only for people > speaking a > > certain language were written in that language. People who > could not > > read the language used in a particular message, but felt that > particular > > message might be of interest, asked for the meaning or for a > translation > > on the list or made a special effort to decode it by themselves. > > > > As for real-life meetings, English has always been the lingua > frenca > > (even if a clumsy one) and has enabled us to communicate when > the whole > > group was concerned (even if communication was not 100 % > perfect) and to > > get things done or going. People usually reverted to French or > Dutch > > when speaking of informal matters in smaller sub-groups (during > breaks, > > for example); they usually switched back to English when > someone who > > could not understand the language felt an interest in the topic > at hand. > > > > In the past few months, I reduced my involvement in Ubuntu-be > > significantly because of big (time-consuming) changes in my > personal > > life. I kept reading this list, though (and I have no problem > reading > > messages in English, Dutch, French or German). And I must say I do > > really not like the new trend in the past few months of > debating over > > language "issues" more than organizing events about Ubuntu. > > > > I read many times repeated that the current language policy > would drive > > people away from the list. Like I said above, my experience has > shown > > that the policy has worked well until now. And right now, those > sterile > > and endless debates about language are driving me away from the > list, > > not the policy. > > > > Alexandre > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com > <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 > <mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com> > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be > >
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