[At-Large] Give it a break

[Izumi AIZU]

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 at 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 at 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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