[Chapter-delegates] tao de l'IETF

[Rudi Vansnick]

Don't forget : a Belgian, Robert Cailliau, participated in writing the protocol HTTP, so why don't we speak Dutch on the net ? ... ;-)

Rudi Vansnick


Op 14-nov-2011, om 18:14 heeft Veni Markovski het volgende geschreven:

> Nothing wrong, but ISOC could set up a separate mailing list, if needed.
> On the other hand, we are for one internet, united, and therefore have to bear the fact that it was created by English-speakers. Good news is, it could have been created by Bulgarians, and then everyone had to learn Bulgarian :)))
> 
> veni
> 
> On 11/14/2011 09:53, Narelle wrote:
>> 
>> On 11/14/2011 10:49 PM, Veni Markovski wrote:
>>> Can we, please, switch back to English? I understand the desire to use
>>> technologies for automatic translation, but still...
>> 
>> I don't mind seeing a higher proportion of French (which I can mostly understand) and Spanish (which I can only guess at without a translator) but it would be difficult to get meaningful discussion on this list in languages that have relatively  few native speakers.
>> 
>> The French and Spanish, IMHO, are important to enable full participation of Chapter delegates who aren't as fluent in English. Especially considering how many Chapters we now have in areas where Spanish or French are the language of the country.
>> 
>> 
>> [As a side issue, I wonder how many languages are spoken by members of this list? Probably best to answer that question off list. Sadly, I cannot speak any of the many indigenous languages of my country. Hopefully one day!]
>> 
>> 
>> Best regards
>> 
>> 
>> Narelle
>> 
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