Non-english threads

Dark Lord (retired) · Post by **Dark Lord (retired)** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 8:26 am

Mestari wrote:Apparently I'm in the minority here, when I'm asking that people would politely leave the non-english threads uninvaded, even though I agree that writing in some other language may be a bit inconsiderate.

I agree with you. I just think that more people would post in English if they weren't going to be flamed for doing so.

Post by **DoubleSkulls** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 9:02 am

Dark Lord wrote:I just think that more people would post in English if they weren't going to be flamed for doing so.

True. People ought to be more tolerant of poor grammar and spelling. Not everyone has English as a first language (Austrailians for instance

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narkotic · Post by **narkotic** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 9:30 am

I wouldn't call it flaming. As far as I can recall it has happened just once in the last 6 months and we all know who that person was, and the following discussion about his manners. I consider this board much more friendly than many others and if non-English threads get hijacked, its usually in a friendly and humorous tone.

Asperon Thorn · Post by **Asperon Thorn** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 10:40 pm

BlanchPrez wrote:
Asperon Thorn wrote:Wait. . . . This board is in English?!?

Damn, this whole time I have been posting in American. Well that will certainly change the flavour around here.
That explanes so much about your posts.

Chris

Well I have been practicing my Bloody English, I have lots of practice since me Grams's was from Jolly ol' England, pip pip, what. I have even been practicing my facial expressions looking at the mirror in the lou, what.

Asperon Thorn

Post by **JenniRP70** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 8:48 am

I see no problem with people posting in a foreign language, providing they supply a translation, which means typing it twice, so its simpler to do once in as close to English as possible. This benefits the vast majority of the boards membership who can speak/write English. They may not do it very well, and this includes native English!!!!, but it is no excuse to start posting abussive emails.

JohnnyP

Marcus · Post by **Marcus** » Tue Jun 10, 2003 12:37 pm

Perhaps a brief english synopsis so we know what the discussion is to go along with the native language post so the poster can get their point across more elequently if their English isn't up to the task.

Oh and Ian: at least I can spell "Australians"

Post by **JenniRP70** » Tue Jun 10, 2003 7:28 pm

Marcus wrote:Perhaps a brief english synopsis so we know what the discussion is to go along with the native language post so the poster can get their point across more elequently if their English isn't up to the task.

Oh and Ian: at least I can spell "Australians"

Sounds fair to me.

JohnnyP

TiMuN · Post by **TiMuN** » Wed Jun 11, 2003 9:24 am

Agree with you all. There are, i'm sure there are, different language boards around, that could serve as native boards for those not into languages, or not into english, and if you need a more precise answer or an official one, this would be the place.

No problem with guys writing in their languages, i just skip them, unless i can learn something from them. But i agree the main language here is english, and it should be.

By the way ... our spanish forum is having some problems recently, due to the fact that it is hosted in a lycos machine, and there are continuous database issues, critical warnings, and stuff .. But the database is one 15 Mbs!! (Maybe it is the maximum allowed for a db in lycos) We are searching for cheap solutions ... if you know or find someplace to host this board, please let me know.

bluetooth · Post by **bluetooth** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 12:41 pm

narkotic wrote:What remains is the problem of moderators not understanding what's going on in such a section.

Agree. The moderators has to understand what people write. If there is something important to write in a language other than english, can't it be done by private messages or email? If I would write here in Finnish, 99,9% of the forum members wouldn't have a clue, what I am writing about.

I am happy if my english is somewhat understood. I know my english isn't perfect, but hey, the mistakes color the messages and can cause many nice laughs

Why worry about the mistakes, there may be some "pedant english teachers" online, but their remarks are easy to ignore