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It wasn't my intent to be nasty only to reflect. Thanks for the correction. Dave Kim Flint wrote: > Hey dude, let's not get nasty about it. Matthias speaks english as his > fifth or sixth language. He does quite well, considering, as do the many > other non-english speakers here. Far, far better than I could manage in >ANY > of their native languages. His request to keep idiomatic usages of >english > to a minimum makes sense, because lots of people won't understand you > otherwise. I'm sure his request wasn't only directed at you, and I don't > see that it was hostile in any way. (quite the contrary, actually.) He >just > wanted to enjoy the joke with the rest of us and wasn't able to. There's >no > need to get defensive and make personal jabs over it. > > kim > > At 9:21 AM -0500 2/4/98, David White wrote: > >While I appreciate Matthias' viewpoint, I must ask for a little slack > >regarding > >typos. Yes, I consider "where" for "wear" a typo. I know the difference, > >but in > >a two sentence joke proof reading is not a big concern. > > > >BTW, Matthias, what is "nuriture?" It is in poor taste to describe the >problem > >and then fail the test yourself. > > > >dAve > > > >Matthias Grob wrote: > > > >> >I tried starting an Ambient Garth Brooks cover band over a year ago. >No one > >> >would where the hat. > >> >(hat...cover...thinkaboutit) > >> > >> Isn't it "wear"? Or is that part of a joke I did not grab? > >> > >> This triggers a concern that circulates in my head for a while: > >> > >> You know, I like slangs and try to follow and have good laughs >sometimes, > >> but please consider the difficulty for the few not native americans >that > >> still take their time to discover the meanings behind the often "smart > >> chat" on this list in up to 60 mails/day. > >> > >> It is sad, but it takes a simple short "global english" to keep the >group > >> international. Looping definitally is not a typically american thing, >even > >> though american enterprises were the first to risk an investment >(after I > >> took the risk to develop the LOOP delay in switzerland :-) > >> I do not want to cut the "art" aspect of emailing, but I want all > >> interested people from any place of the globe to be able to read all >mails, > >> to follow and to feel fine to make their contribution in their "non >smart" > >> style. > >> Please cut a thin slice of a solid simple bread that we can hold and >that > >> contains all the essence of nuriture you want to contribute and then >put > >> some jam on top if you like to make it more tasty - for those who >want it > >> and can understand it. > >> > >> And yes, sometimes it takes rereading and elaborating the mail... >many will > >> read it, after all, maybe years from now... > >> > >> Just searching for ways to make a beautifull list shine even more > >> Matthias > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Kim Flint | Looper's Delight > kflint@annihilist.com | http://www.annihilist.com/loop/loop.html > http://www.annihilist.com/ | Loopers-Delight-request@annihilist.com