Re: communication, friendlyness, DDs (Re: Ubuntu-to-Debian packaging)
On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 09:08:54PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sunday 02 December 2007 13:19, Patrick Schoenfeld wrote:
> > > > Thats bad. You should not answer to such questions if you don't know it
> > > > for your self! Thats especially true because of your DD status that
> > > > causes others to give your saying more confidence.
> > >
> > > Please, try to keep friendly, I don't think there's anything in this
> > > discussion that needs this kind of langage..
> >
> > Really, it may have sounded more rude to you, then it was meant to be.
^^^^
> > But I was really annoyed by such a statement,
>
> That rather implies you were unfriendly, at least I'm often (too) unfriendly,
Misusing "then" and "than" can cause confusion. If it is read as "... than
it was meant to be." it takes on an entirely different meaning. :-)
--
Chris.
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