Fwd: Re: dankbar fXr Englisch

[Ben Jannedy]

Henning Sprang wrote:

>>On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 mod+linux-fai at std.com wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Ich bin ein Amerikaner.  Ich spreche nur
>>>ein bissien deutsches, also biete ich
>>>meinen Dank jeder hier für das Verwenden
>>>von Englisch in diesen Gesprächen an.
>>>Sie sind sehr großzügig.
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>But please respect, that not all people of the world speak english, nor
>>are american.
>>    
>>
>
>1) if you aren't able to at least read english - how did you start to use
>fai, and how did you get this list? 
>The main body of documentation is in english language. So You're lost with
>FAI anyway without it.
>So I suppose the reason people using german isn't the disability to use
>english.
>
>2) not all people are american or english, but it's the most common
>language
>around the world, so it enables people from very different countries to
>exchange information about a lot of things
>
>3) if you think there's a strong need to support germans not speaking
>english, you have a lot work to do, see 1)
>
>ok, i don't wanna fight about this any more, but i have to say what i
>think,
>because i wrote to some people too not to use german here because ot these
>reasons.
>
>Henning 
>  
>
I'm so sorry! I think i started this whole thread by my german post. I 
did'nt think about it and wrote in german, because i was in a hurry. For 
me, english is perfectly all right since all the documentation is in 
english as well. Please don't feel offended by my german post.

CU,

Ben