Foreign Peepz....

[Cloudbringer]

Debiler:

Cloudy

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Raindancer of the Laughing Hyenas Clan
Storm-Queen
StormCloud of the Black Knight: Heart Mind Soul Forever
"To sleep, perchance to dream..."

[Cloudbringer]

Originally posted by Fljotsdale: Aw, c'mon, Cloudy! She's only joking! Nothing wrong with injecting a little humour, irreverence and irrelevance! She makes me laugh, anyway!

Sorry, F.. didn't strike me that way. And most folks here had no clue what it was about anyway.

Cloudy

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Raindancer of the Laughing Hyenas Clan
Storm-Queen
StormCloud of the Black Knight: Heart Mind Soul Forever
"To sleep, perchance to dream..."

[Fljotsdale]

Originally posted by Cloudbringer: And most folks here had no clue what it was about anyway. Cloudy

Yeah, that's true! She's pretty new, though. And I kinda like her. I don't think she MEANS to offend, it's just that she's a bit of an oddball.(No offence intended, Tracey!) I'd hate to see her put off posting..

HEY! I just noticed! I'm a SILVER DRAGON! HA! I've wanted to be silver dragon since I joined the forum!
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[This message has been edited by Fljotsdale (edited 07-24-2001).]

[tracey]

multiculturalism is wonderful thing. here in birmingham, i live quite close to an area that is largely populated by pakistani's, hindu's and others' from the indian subcontinent. i like to see arabic writing and colourful garments and many languages being spoken. it's amazing actually - a few years' ago, the 'whites' and 'asians' were very suspicious of each other and didn't mix, but since i've moved back to the city i've noticed how people are much more accepting of cultural difference. it's really nice to see two old men strolling along the road chatting - one in a turban and other in a flat cap! similarly, the young folk are dating each other and it's no longer unusual to see white/asian marriages. i think people are at last beginning to realise that colour/cultural difference can be v. positive. not to say that problems don't exist, because they do - there just seems to be more of a carnival atmosphere in brum because it's so common here we've got people from all over the world who've settled here. it's just that if you're black or asian, your nationality is more obvious than if you're slavic, italian or french.

if any of you folk ever visit england - come to birmingham, we have the most amazing food (balti, not curry - although similar) you'll ever taste - people travel from far and wide to visit the restaurants on ladypool road - and lucky me, i live 10 minutes away, hurrah!

[Memnoch]

It's ok to use other languages in threads for the purposes that Debiler mentioned above - if you want to meet other people who speak the same language. I myself speak three languages and will occasionally make a comment to someone in another language. But it is common courtesy on forums to use a language that everyone can understand - in this case it's English.

It's ok to use another language once in a while - but try not to make it a habit and try not to devote entire threads to it. That's what email is for.




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[Fljotsdale]

Hi, Memnoch! Did you have a good birthday? And how is Ziroc and his mom, do you know? I haven't seen a post from him today..

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[Djinn Raffo]

Originally posted by Cloudbringer: Of course it is, Djinn, but think for a minute here. What languages do you NOT speak and would you like to be left out of several possibly interesting threads because you couldn't follow them? It happens that English is the biggest common denominator language-wise, that's all. Cloudy

I'm not sure what your talking about...I was talking about signs in other languages not threads.

On signs: i'm pro for...at least in my country and i would think the US too because its inclusion policies seem to be pretty similar AFAIK...We all live here...we all speak different languages...if you want a sign in a language other than english its my loss for not being able to read it IMHO...I am not going to demand you write it in english. Will i also demand you speak only english to me?...or condemn you for not knowing english in a country that is made up of citzens from the world over regardless of language, race, etc.?

As far as threads in other languages...I don't really care either way...who am I to tell someone what they can and cannot post.
But i do think that due to moderating issues they should probably be in one language...

Does that work with signs too?...To a certain degree i suppose. I know that
in Quebec language on signs is a big issue and caused a lot of debates...some
of which i've gotten into only to regret it. I think that there is a committee that acts as a watchdog to make sure the signs are bi-lingual. I know that if you have a sign in english and it has no french on it you can get fined.
I read an article that said one restauranteur was fined three times for having
the word EXIT on his door in english only. If he did not add the french equivalent he would be facing jail time. Is that not ridiculous? Preservation of francophone culture and language demands that EXIT say 'sortie'
(is that right?) If a chinese store owner in a predominantly chinese neighbourhood has a sign on his door that says 'exit' in chinese only will you fine him? It's a hazy line that needs to be drawn for sure...Sorry for the rant.

[Memnoch]

I haven't heard. And yes, I had a good birthday - I'm still recovering today.

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[debiler]

Originally posted by Memnoch: It's ok to use other languages in threads for the purposes that Debiler mentioned above - if you want to meet other people who speak the same language. I myself speak three languages and will occasionally make a comment to someone in another language. But it is common courtesy on forums to use a language that everyone can understand - in this case it's English. It's ok to use another language once in a while - but try not to make it a habit and try not to devote entire threads to it. That's what email is for.

Just what I said, Memnoch. Thanks



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We just locally went through the "official language" debate, and came up with a few workable things: Anything that is an official governmental notice should be printed in english and whatever other language(s) predominant in the area where it is posted. Private postings are excepted from this save for instances wherein warnings are necessary for health/safety reasons. Seemed pretty logical to me.
Similarly, I would think that general postings at IW should be in english, but if you want to post a welcome or whatever in a different language, that would be fine also. I've seen lots of comments in different languages tagged on to various posts, and I certainly don't feel uncomfortable with it. I like the idea that we have a community of such variety.

Tracey - I thought your take on speaking in tongues was a hoot, lmao.

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