On Ma, 11 sep 12, 21:17:52, Lisi wrote: > > I apologise to anyone who feels that my use of English is pompous. I think > that to try and talk in baby talk is insulting to those for whom English is a > second language (or third or fourth!). Not to mention the fact that I simply > don't know which words I can expect someone else to know. Much better in my > opinion (and it is only a matter of opinion) to talk properly to foreigners > and children. How else can they enlarge their vocabularies?
+100 from a person who's English is competing for the second place :p > I am more than willing to explain anything that I have said that someone > finds > incomprehensible. And if someone is hesitant about asking "in public", > please feel free to email me off list to ask. I'm actually considering something like "feel free to correct my English" in my sig. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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