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On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 16:14 +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:58:42 +0100 |
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> Daniel Pielmeier <daniel.pielmeier@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Lucky you are that your native language is one of the world's most |
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> > widely spoken languages. Imagine to express yourself in a language you |
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> > are not familiar with! |
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> And when not speaking in my native language, I made damned sure I'm not |
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> just misunderstanding something before going around making all sorts of |
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> unfounded accusations in public. |
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Please try to be the better man here and discontinue this current line |
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of thinking. I ask you, instead, to look at Denis' email as a friendly |
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reminder to keep things on a more civil level. As a native English |
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speaker, I didn't see anything wrong with your comments, as they were |
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directed towards code, not a person. Were the same comments made |
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towards a person, yes, it would be offensive. Since not all of us are |
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native speakers, sometimes just the simple replacement of a word can |
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help change the tone to those of us not born in an English speaking |
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country. |
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I've noticed your civility of late and want to encourage you to |
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continue. I would like to apologize if you feel ass if you've been |
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baited or anything. I know Denis and know that wasn't really his |
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intention, but rather to remind you (and others) to try to think about |
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the word choices we make. Had you said "odd" instead of perverse, we |
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wouldn't likely be having this conversation, though you and I know the |
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functional meaning of the two words in that context are nearly |
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identical. This is mostly the case with words with multiple meanings, |
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where non-native speakers might not know all of the alternate meanings |
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and can misinterpret your words. I know it has happened to me quite a |
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few times. |
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Thanks, |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering Strategic Lead |
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Alpha/AMD64/x86 Architecture Teams |
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Games Developer/Foundation Trustee |
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Gentoo Foundation |
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