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There are differences in US and UK English, but +</I>><i> none so severe that meaning is lost. Many idioms are shared or at +</I>><i> least understandable. +</I>With you so far +><i> +</I>><i> I appreciate the efforts of non-native English speakers to converse in +</I>><i> English, and even in those instances where they are speaking only a +</I>><i> bare approximation of English, I am still able to understand them. +</I>I will forego the temptation here to make a joke at your expense:-) +><i> +</I>><i> I see no need for a GB-only enclave and believe it would only serve to +</I>><i> isolate them from the larger community. OTOH, where a Linux-oriented +</I>><i> community exists where many do not speake English in any manner, a +</I>><i> local-language forun serves to include them in the larger community +</I>><i> where the lingua-franca is English. +</I>I doubt if many non-native speakers of English (any variety) would be +sensitive to the nuances of meaning in "GB-only enclave". It could even be +that the phrase is completely neutral in US English. I hope so, because then +I can ignore the imagined barb. + +But I think it is worth pointing out that there is a world of difference +between "GB English" and "en_GB". One of them can, if required, carry +political overtones; the other cannot. That is the one I am intersted in. + +If the only consideration for the Mageia community is communication then I +will stand beside you and support everything you have said about the +usefulness of International English as a medium for sharing thoughts and +ideas about the distribution and its contents. But stop for a moment and +consider if this rationale can also be applied to the results of our +deliberations; the Mageia distribution and its applications. + +This is something much more personal as it affects our daily interaction with +our computers and programs. That is why we have en_US and en_GB, en_IE, en_AU +and all of the other variants. It is not just to accommodate date displays, +though that is important enough, nor just to handle measurement units. It +allows us to select the correct dictionaries to check spelling and provides a +framework in which to make our programs fit better with our cultuural +identities. + +So do I think it is wrong to have a place to hang out with "people like me"? +Of course not. Where else would I go to sound out opinion or exchange views +on such culturally important computer developments as cricket scorecard data +capture and display programs? + +Richard + + +</PRE> + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002191.html">[Mageia-discuss] IRC community channels - need a ruling from the board +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002194.html">[Mageia-discuss] IRC community channels - need a ruling from the board +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2228">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2228">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2228">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2228">[ 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> |