[sdiy]RE: Re: [sdiy] Newbie

[rdrake]

i likewise appreciate the diversity of our global community.  open arms to posters of all languages, even those English (as opposed to American) speakers who keep confusing tubes w/ valves...  

imnsho, it's wrongheaded to try and "enforce" one language over another... everyone's free to post however they want, but in practice posts in swahili will get fewer responses than those in english...  so folks will tend towards a lingua franca out of self-interest.  on the otherhand, if it looks interesting ("os diagramas esquemáticos livres de Buchla afixaram"--portugese) i'll go to the trouble of doing a babblefish translation, and i'm usually glad i did.  i've gotten some very valuable info from sites w/ machine-(mis)translated Japanese and some schematics.

bbob



>Scott Stites <scottnoanh at peoplepc.com> wrote:
>>Hey Harry (and all),
>>
>>>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 deeply appreciate that those who are not native
>English 
>>speakers, or even native American English
>speakers, putting forth 
>>the effort to post in English. By the same token,
>I have no 
>>problem with non-English posts either. Speaking
>English should 
>>not be a prerequisite for enjoying Synth DIY. And,
>as Harry 
>>points out, it can be an educational experience in
>itself. The 
>>key to variation in culture is embedded in
>language itself 
>>(understanding Vietnamese has allowed me to
>understand my wife 
>>much better in ways other than speaking). 
>>
>>All I ask is that all the airline pilots/ATC know
>at least one common language =-D
>>
>>Harry, you can add 'Hei' to your list (almost my
>total Finnish 
>>lexicon there, BTW). So you can add 'Hei Antti'
>=0). 
>>
>>That part's easy - one feels like one is living in
>Mayberry when 
>>one greets in Finland. The rest of Finnish -
>oooohhh, man!! I've 
>>spent many an hour poring over multi-language
>hotel guides (you 
>>know, here's the same thing in English, German,
>French, Swedish 
>>and Finnish). With most languages one can pick
>through and 
>>identify a few words and make some sense of it.
>Then you get to 
>>the paragraph in Finnish and everything just flies
>out the 
>>window. Very fascinating language. 
>>
>>Synth DIY content: hmmmm....In order to gate one's
>spouse 
>>effectively, one has to speak the native tongue of
>the spouse. 
>>
>>Cheerio,
>>Scott
>>
>>
>>
>>
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