Re: "global english" / 60 mails/day

[Kim Flint <kflint@annihilist.com>]

Hey dude, let's not get nasty about it. Matthias speaks english as his
fifth or sixth language. He does quite well, considering, as do the many
other non-english speakers here. Far, far better than I could manage in ANY
of their native languages. His request to keep idiomatic usages of english
to a minimum makes sense, because lots of people won't understand you
otherwise. I'm sure his request wasn't only directed at you, and I don't
see that it was hostile in any way. (quite the contrary, actually.) He just
wanted to enjoy the joke with the rest of us and wasn't able to. There's no
need to get defensive and make personal jabs over it.

kim

At 9:21 AM -0500 2/4/98, David White wrote:
>While I appreciate Matthias' viewpoint, I must ask for a little slack
>regarding
>typos. Yes, I consider "where" for "wear" a typo. I know the difference,
>but in
>a two sentence joke proof reading is not a big concern.
>
>BTW, Matthias, what is "nuriture?" It is in poor taste to describe the 
>problem
>and then fail the test yourself.
>
>dAve
>
>Matthias Grob wrote:
>
>> >I tried starting an Ambient Garth Brooks cover band over a year ago. 
>No one
>> >would where the hat.
>> >(hat...cover...thinkaboutit)
>>
>> Isn't it "wear"? Or is that part of a joke I did not grab?
>>
>> This triggers a concern that circulates in my head for a while:
>>
>> You know, I like slangs and try to follow and have good laughs 
>sometimes,
>> but please consider the difficulty for the few not native americans that
>> still take their time to discover the meanings behind the often "smart
>> chat" on this list in up to 60 mails/day.
>>
>> It is sad, but it takes a simple short "global english" to keep the 
>group
>> international. Looping definitally is not a typically american thing, 
>even
>> though american enterprises were the first to risk an investment (after 
>I
>> took the risk to develop the LOOP delay in switzerland :-)
>> I do not want to cut the "art" aspect of emailing, but I want all
>> interested people from any place of the globe to be able to read all 
>mails,
>> to follow and to feel fine to make their contribution in their "non 
>smart"
>> style.
>> Please cut a thin slice of a solid simple bread that we can hold and 
>that
>> contains all the essence of nuriture you want to contribute and then put
>> some jam on top if you like to make it more tasty - for those who want 
>it
>> and can understand it.
>>
>> And yes, sometimes it takes rereading and elaborating the mail... many 
>will
>> read it, after all, maybe years from now...
>>
>> Just searching for ways to make a beautifull list shine even more
>> Matthias


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