Re: Language lists

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On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 01:06:38PM +0100, Daniel de Kok
wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Ralph Angenendt wrote:
> >I'm mostly fine with what is on there, but please
see the discussion
> >points at the bottom of that page.
> 
> - Wrt. HTML e-mail, "strongly discouraged"
sounds good to me.

Gotta hate HTML e-mails.

> - Wrt. language vs regional: can someone comment how
much e.g. pt_BR
>   differs from pt_PT? 

A lot.

>   Is it like US English and UK English, or do they
>   differ to such an extend that it would be difficult
to communicate on
>   one list? 

As a rule of thumb, a pt_BR speaker would have as much (or
sometimes more)
trouble communicating with someone who speaks pt_PT as with
someone that
speaks spanish.

Sometime even more, since there are words that are common,
but with
completely different meanings.

>   I think it is a relevant "data point" for
this discussion.

True.

[]s

- -- 
Rodrigo Barbosa
"Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur"
"Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted
(Wyld Stallyns)

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On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:

>> - Wrt. language vs regional: can someone comment
how much e.g. pt_BR
>>   differs from pt_PT?
>
> A lot.
>
>>   Is it like US English and UK English, or do they
>>   differ to such an extend that it would be
difficult to communicate on
>>   one list?
>
> As a rule of thumb, a pt_BR speaker would have as much
(or sometimes more)
> trouble communicating with someone who speaks pt_PT as
with someone that
> speaks spanish.
>
> Sometime even more, since there are words that are
common, but with
> completely different meanings.
>
>>   I think it is a relevant "data point"
for this discussion.
>
> True.

Sounds like we need different lists for those then - what
about different 
moderators ??

Lance

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