Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Other than just plain rude people, some replies are just a result of the >international flavour of the Internet. I think a lot gets lost in the >translation. Many languages do not have the niceties of the English >language. An example I was give one while in Germany was how rude their >people could seem if you used literal translation of otherwise proper >conversations. For example a German literally says "Give me beer." when >he orders a beer rather than "Can I have a beer please?". We have people >on our list to which English is not their primary language and as a result, >they sometimes come across as rude or pompous because of poor translation >of what they mean to say. On the other hand, people who have English as a >mother tongue, have no excuse for being rude as you described. Robert, I beg to differ. I do not think that it is a problem ONLY with languages. It is a problem with personal characters aggravated probably by non-face-to-face communication. We can FEEL politeness even in poor use of languages. At least I hope so. I am very sorry if I am not polite with my English which is not my primary language. Leicalement, Mikiro Mori Strasbourg, Europe http://members.tripod.com/arbos3/cigogne/index.html