Thankfully the British Empire is more often right than wrong
as history has taught us all be it the the Empire has shrunk in
size sense Queen Victoria's time largely based upon it's
mistakes... >;)
Izumi AIZU wrote:
of course! we should not ignore the impact of british empireRegards,
be it wright or wrong... ;-)izumi
2008/2/19, Jacqueline Morris <jam@jacquelinemorris.com>:And the English speaking Caribbean! Don't forget the 21 of us
countries over here!On Feb 18, 2008 9:46 AM, Izumi AIZU <iza@anr.org> wrote:
> I would not say "American" - there are many pepple who's mother tongue
> is almost English outside the USA. So I would rather avoid making it
> "American", Veni, which may lead to misinterpretation and misunderstandings.
>
> I mean, Singapore, (some folks in India, but not all), Malaysia to some
> extent,
> Australia, New Zealand, Canada, oh and England, and some African
> countries...
>
> Anyway, how to interprete silence is a difficult task and we do not have
> consensus on that, that I can say for sure.
>
> izumi
>
> 2008/2/18, Veni Markovski <veni@veni.com>:
> >
> >
> >
> > 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'll stay quiet as a sign of disagreement.
> >
> > veni
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Feb 18, 2008 3:53 AM, Izumi AIZU <iza@anr.org> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > as an old time at ALAC, and non-English speaking people, I don't think
> > > silence is agreement at all, and it never was the norm either unless
> > > it was called many times for consent.
> > >
> > > often, I ignore the things that do not make sense or worth to bother
> > > my precious time - and I know many of my colleagues have similar
> > > attitude. unfortunate, maybe, but we are busy in doing our own work
> > > in professional manners and those things go outside of our cotrol, let
> > > them be. we have no luxury of time to waste.
> > >
> > > izumi
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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