[OSGeo-Discuss] Discussion on statement : avoiding slang. Was: Drafting a Diversity statement for the foundation (call for input)

Andrea Aime andrea.aime at geo-solutions.it
Sun Mar 29 02:23:56 PDT 2015


On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 11:05 AM, Massimiliano Cannata <
massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch> wrote:

> Hi all, Madi,
> The only issue with multilingual community to consider is that sometime
> non native language may express not perfectly and their words could be
> misunderstood.  So I would suggest to include to native to be patient and
> open versus non native language...
>
Indeed... especially since the simplest first forms of expression one
learns are the most direct ones, so most sentences end up sounding like
orders/direct complaints, lacking the nuances that would make them sound
more polite

Cheers
Andrea

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