From: Francisco Bornéo (cborneo@mail.ligbr.com.br)
Date: Thu Mar 07 2002 - 02:18:46 GMT
I forward this message because I forgot CC field.
Sorry.
Francisco
>Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 20:28:41 -0300
>To: Dom Lachowicz <doml@appligent.com>
>From: Francisco Bornéo <cborneo@mail.ligbr.com.br>
>Subject: Re: Capitalize first letter of sentence
>
>At 10:52 5/3/2002 -0500, Dom Lachowicz wrote:
>Olá Dom,
>
>>Yes, I expect suggestions, thanks, replies, etc... However, this is not
>>a democracy - it is closer to an autonomous meritocracy.
>
>What I call democracy is the whole process.
>
>>I know how to use babelfish.altavista.com and speak a bit of Portuguese,
>>yes.
>
>I'm curious about your portuguese!
>
>>I think that our main problem is a language barrier.
>
>Of course it is. I confess to you that I write messages with a dictionary
>by my side.
>
>>Two native English speakers (whom happen to be developers) thought that
>>you had offended
>>them when they had done you no harm.
>
>Who? Why they do not write to me saying this? I received a lot of messages
>saying "Me too", "I hate it", "I don't want", I reply no one of this
>messages just because I think that is impossible reply this. Well, I ask
>them to write me and show me when I offended them. They can write to my
>email or they can write to the list. I just want to understand.
>
>>You thought that they had offended
>
>I did not think it. I was just explaining my point of view.
>
>>Clearly apologies are in order from both sides here.
>
>Maybe, but who?
>
>>For what it's worth, I'm sorry that we had a mis-communication.
>
>I'm very sorry too.
>
>>My intent wasn't to insult you,
>
>You did not, I realize then.
>
>>it was to explain my reasoning for why I do not want your proposed feature
>
>It was very clear. I understood that.
>
>>Francisco, I've helped you in the past and I'll help you again
>
>I am sure of that. And I thank you!
>
>>Again, I think that this is just another "stupid" language issue.
>
>Certainly it was.
>Dom, I hope that message seems to you like an epilogue to this question.
>At the moment I have nothing more to say.
>
>Francisco
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