[Foundation-l] multilingual mailing list

Tue Mar 8 21:39:28 UTC 2011

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 8:21 AM, Casey Brown <lists at caseybrown.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 4:17 PM, John Vandenberg <jayvdb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Thomas Goldammer <thogol at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> Why don't we just write in our respective native language, all of us.
>>> XD Would make communication much funnier, I guess. :p
>>
>> I agree, that it would be funnier, but I doubt most folk on
>> foundation-l will agree.
>>
>> Do we have a multilingual mailing list?
>>
>> I think it would be a good idea to have a general discussion list
>> where anyone, especially newbies, can write in their preferred
>> language.
>> Someone in our community is sure to understand and be able to respond.
>
> This *is* a multilingual list.  All languages are welcome here.

While they are welcome, they are typically shoveled away to another
list very quickly.

A multilingual space is one where English is not the principle
language, and/or people are not expected to use English if they can.
foundation-l *does* expect people to use English if they can.
My guess is that English is not the preferred language for over 50% of
the regular posters on foundation-l, and yet they use English.

Pedro's assessment is the reality:

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:13 AM, Pedro Sanchez <pdsanchez at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2011/3/8 Huib Laurens <sterkebak at gmail.com>:
>> Lo sentimos, pero el Inglés es el idioma principal en esta lista.
>
> :Not only is english the main idioma, dare I say the only one (any
> thread started on another language would raise complains and quickly
> turned into english)

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John Vandenberg