I would not say &quot;American&quot; - there are many pepple who&#39;s mother tongue<br>is almost English outside the USA. So I would rather avoid making it<br>&quot;American&quot;, Veni, which may lead to misinterpretation and misunderstandings.<br>
<br>I mean, Singapore, (some folks in India, but not all), Malaysia to some extent,<br>Australia, New Zealand, Canada, oh and England, and some African countries...<br><br>Anyway, how to interprete silence is a difficult task and we do not have<br>
consensus on that, that I can say for sure.<br><br>izumi<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">2008/2/18, Veni Markovski &lt;<a href="mailto:veni@veni.com">veni@veni.com</a>&gt;:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
As another non-native English speaker, I agree with Izumi. The US-centric perception that if someone is silent, then they agree with the American point of view is just that - a perception, but not a reality. In many cultures we&#39;ll stay quiet as a sign of disagreement. <br>
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<br>veni</span><div><span class="e" id="q_1182c21b4869011c_2"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 18, 2008 3:53 AM, Izumi AIZU &lt;<a href="mailto:iza@anr.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">iza@anr.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
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<br><div><div><div>&nbsp;</div></div>
<div>as an old time at ALAC, and non-English speaking people, I don&#39;t think</div>
<div>silence is agreement at all, and it never was the norm either unless</div>
<div>it was called many times for consent.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>often, I ignore the things that do not make sense or worth to bother</div>
<div>my precious time - and I know many of my colleagues have similar</div>
<div>attitude. unfortunate, maybe, but we are busy in doing our own work</div>
<div>in professional manners and those things go outside of our cotrol, let</div>
<div>them be.&nbsp; we have no luxury of time to waste.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>izumi</div><div><div></div><br></div></div></blockquote></div>
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