[Foundation-l] Priorities

Wed Oct 24 17:15:18 UTC 2007

Hoi,
I speak English. Typically when I need to look something up I look it up on
the English language Wikipedia.. The languages that I personally speak are
all not in danger of dying. (check out my babel templates for that). I
assume that you think I am anti American.. why would I ? What good does it
do me ?

We do eat hamburgers in the Netherlands and several SUV's are parked in the
street below my apartment.. There is imho no pressing need to invest in any
of the languages that I speak and write.

PS I have no need to be "cool" I have passed the age where it is important
to me. I prefer to do the things that I do and do them well.

Thanks,
      GerardM

On 10/24/07, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hoi,
>
> Yes yes, silly english speakers! It's all their fault! Silly
> foundation for catering to their overwhelmingly largest user base.
> You're not cool unless you speak a developing/dying/niche language!
>
> Honestly Gerard, it would be nice to mask the anti-americanism a
> little better.  Nobody's talking about SUV's, hamburgers, or education.
>
> Except you. Wonder why that is?
>
> -Dan
>
> On Oct 24, 2007, at 12:51 PM, GerardM wrote:
>
> > So they need to drive a SUV, eat
> > hamburgers and speak English, we call that education. We call that
> > progress.
> > We call that the Wikimedia Foundation fulfilling its purpose....
>
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