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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