[Ubuntu-be] reminder: language use

[Pierre Vorhagen]

Hello,

Meetings of big national companies, with people from each part of
Belgium, are held in english too.
English should stay the lists primary language, if a message is really
only interesting for dutch or french-speaking people, then saying this
in a short sentence before continuing in the local language would be
the least in my opinion, also from an international point of view.

Greetings,
Pierre


2008/2/25, Antonio Zugaldia <antonio at zugaldia.net>:
> Well, I guess it very much depends on the kind of activities you want
>  to promote with this list. If you just want to setup events for the
>  Dutch / French / German communities, then the corresponding languages
>  are fine. But if you want to open the activities to everybody living
>  in Belgium, and particularly in Brussels, then I only see English (or
>  French) as the only possibilities.
>
>  On the other hand, I don't see any problem on having messages in other
>  languages if you're discussing a local activity (then a one line
>  summary is appreciated). Languages are meant to connect people!
>
>  Cheers :-)
>
>  A.
>
>
>  On 2/25/08, Stephan van Ingen <stephanvaningen at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > For practical reasons I think all the blabla about languages should be
>  >  put aside and moved to politicians,
>  >  let's face it: English is the most common language for a lot of
>  >  people, if we want to be open for as much people as possible...: I add
>  >  my vote to Mark's initial suggestion
>  >
>  >  On 25/02/2008, Julien Willem <julien.willem at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >  > Let's learn Esperanto =)
>  >
>  > >
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