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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/2012-July/008267.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/2012-July/008267.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cef45de70 --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/2012-July/008267.html @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: indirect request <---> direct request + </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%20indirect%20request%20%3C---%3E%0A%20direct%20request&In-Reply-To=%3C500227A3.2050606%40gmx.com%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="008266.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="008268.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: indirect request <---> direct request</H1> + <B>Goh Lip</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Cultural%20difference%3A%20indirect%20request%20%3C---%3E%0A%20direct%20request&In-Reply-To=%3C500227A3.2050606%40gmx.com%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: indirect request <---> direct request">lipg at gmx.com + </A><BR> + <I>Sun Jul 15 04:14:59 CEST 2012</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="008266.html">[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: indirect request <---> direct request +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="008268.html">[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: indirect request <---> direct request +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#8267">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#8267">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#8267">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#8267">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>On 07/15/2012 08:02 AM, Johnny A. Solbu wrote: +><i> I remember attending a service in Norway, where an icelandic preacher who understood and spoke nowegian, prefered to preach in english in Norway to avoid problems with us understanding his meanings due to the fact that he's not fluent in our language. So he had an interpreter beside him on the stage who translated from english to norwegian, which is not as easy as it might sound. A few times the preacher interrupted the translator, saying: "No, that's not what I said". :-)= +</I> +Clever preacher. I too was wondering why when diplomats (who speak good +English) talk to other diplomats from English-speaking countries, they +need to speak in their native language and use interpreters; I used to +think they wanted the extra time (while interpreters do their jobs) to +carefully 'word out' their responses or/and speak their native language +just to demonstrate their nations' sovereignty; neither of these reasons +seems justifiable. + +Thanks for providing another perspective. + +Regards - Goh Lip + + + +-- +Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where +it often substitutes for both. +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="008266.html">[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: indirect request <---> direct request +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="008268.html">[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: indirect request <---> direct request +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#8267">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#8267">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#8267">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#8267">[ 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> |