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[harrybissell]

No I don't agree....   ;^P

Although I do not 'speak' Spanish, I'm willing to give it a try. I can get
enough out of it to make sense of the conversation.  I'd be happy to
try Finnish as well.  Magnus has given me a few words of Sweedish,
at least I can say "Hej" to everyone.  (Hej Magnus, and Senso :^)

I'm kind of sensitive on the language issue.  I speak regularly with people
from Japan. We speak in English, but I'm thankful that we don't switch to
Japanese.  I'd be sunk right after "Good Morning" and "yeah, I hear that".

Americans (I don't speak for all) tend to think that everyone should speak
English... when in fact we don't completely understand the Brits who invented
it in the first place  :^P.    I have been flamed for speaking 'Jinglish' to the
Japanese... omitting words like 'the' which do not exist in their language.
Communication is the issue, not grammar.

One quick story... I remember getting a call from Brazil, from an engineer who
had the FUNNIEST accent, like some popular cartoon character in the USA. I was
so ready to laugh, until...
1) I recognized that his questions (in broken English) showed a deep understanding
of my product
2) The question implied a really high degree of education / intelligence
3) If we were to switch to Portugese (his language, I presume) I would be quite
unable to even say 'good morning'.

Since then, I listen to whatever language and try to gather what I can.  If I don't
get it, I'll ask (with no shame).

H^) harry



Senso wrote:

> Ik hoop dat dit geen trend gaat worden. Mijn mailbox is al vol genoeg
> met overbodige rommel zonder berichten in 10 verschillende talen waar
> verder niemand wat aan heeft.
> Don't you agree?
>
> In other words, please keep non-English correspondence private.
> Before you know we're getting mail in Finnish and everybody's trash
> can is busy enough as it is.  ;-)
>
> Muchas gracias,
> Senso
>
> >Bueno, muchas gracias por contestar. Pero lo que yo queria es que me
> >aconsejaran sobre con que comenzar. Me refiero a que circuito o que
> >sintetizador, ya que como soy totalmente nuevo en esto de los
> >sintetizadores, veo los sitios pero me mareo un poco todavia.
> >Saludos
> >Guille
> >
> >>Hola Guillermo
> >>
> >>Bienvenido seas, y encantado de tener a un compatriota en la lista.
> >>
> >>Como dijo Aaron, poniendo "synth diy" en google te va a dar un monton
> >>de direcciones, que dicho sea de paso, la mayoria de ellas son de miembros
> >>de la lista.
> >>
> >>Cualquier cosa que quieras preguntar, no tengas dudas en hacerlo.
> >>
> >>Saludos
> >>
> >>Fabio
> >>.
> >>
> >>senna guillermo wrote:
> >>>
> >>>  Hello people,
> >>>                    I am writing from Argentina. I am new to synths, but i
> >>>  want to learn. I am very intrested in the wonderful sounds of synths. I try
> >>>  to read all the messages, and i was wondering if anyone could send me a
> >>>  schematic or give me an advise of how to start. I understand
> >>>electronics and
> >>>  I love music. So, anything would be welcomed.
> >>>
> >>>  Guillermo Senna
>
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