[Foundation-l] On certain shallow, American-centered, foolish software initiatives backed by WMF

Nathan nawrich at gmail.com
Sun Oct 30 20:40:00 UTC 2011


On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Hubert <hubert.laska at gmx.at> wrote:
> One problem is that the word "Love" is used quite differently in the
> German language. Even in Great Britain.
>
> Love as a term is used in English in a fully inflated notion of flooding.
>
> I have no idea what lovers say to each other in the U.S. when it comes
> to really love.
>
> Maybe they just grunt at each other only.
>
> Please teach me U.S.-american social behavior.
>
> The expression "Wikilove" will trigger only incomprehension and headshaking.
>
> h.
>


Perhaps we should start with manners, specifically how to post to a
public list without being childishly insulting?



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