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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/2012-July/008235.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/2012-July/008235.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..05bdc3e58 --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/2012-July/008235.html @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: "Let your yes be yes" <---> "It is rude to say no" + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Cultural%20difference%3A%20%22Let%20your%20yes%20be%20yes%22%0A%20%3C---%3E%20%22It%20is%20rude%20to%20say%20no%22&In-Reply-To=%3C50007E8A.5060302%40xs4all.nl%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="008224.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="008218.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: "Let your yes be yes" <---> "It is rude to say no"</H1> + <B>Marja van Waes</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Cultural%20difference%3A%20%22Let%20your%20yes%20be%20yes%22%0A%20%3C---%3E%20%22It%20is%20rude%20to%20say%20no%22&In-Reply-To=%3C50007E8A.5060302%40xs4all.nl%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: "Let your yes be yes" <---> "It is rude to say no"">marja11 at xs4all.nl + </A><BR> + <I>Fri Jul 13 22:01:14 CEST 2012</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="008224.html">[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: "Let your yes be yes" <---> "It is rude to say no" +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="008218.html">[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: "Let your yes be yes" <---> "It is rude to say no" +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#8235">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#8235">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#8235">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#8235">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>On 13/07/2012 15:11, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: +><i> this was meant as example how +</I>><i> things can take a real bad turn if "yes" and "no" are not used in +</I>><i> their true meaning. +</I>><i> +</I> +I agree life would be a lot easier if worldwide we would give exactly +the same meaning to "yes" and the same to "no". + +However, even one person can use the word "yes" in different meanings, +depending on the situation + +* to indicate he understands the person who is telling him something +(not to be mistaken for agreeing with him) +* to indicate enthusiasm about how a situation is developing +* to indicate he agrees with something + +Besides, when hundreds of thousands of persons in a certain area give a +different value to the word "yes" than you, are you sure their value +isn't just "different" instead of "wrong"? + +If it were wrong, it would cause problems among themselves, however, +they don't have those problems. There are only problems when interacting +with people who don't give the same meaning to the word. + + + + + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="008224.html">[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: "Let your yes be yes" <---> "It is rude to say no" +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="008218.html">[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: "Let your yes be yes" <---> "It is rude to say no" +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#8235">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#8235">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#8235">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#8235">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |