On Ma, 21 aug 12, 09:36:00, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > Please don't make haste in assuming malice. This was meant as "please don't assume intent to attack/offend/etc/...". I'm sorry if my bad wording offended someone, that was not my intention. The rest still stands: > Communication via e-mail between people of different native languages > and cultures is quite a challenge, especially for humor and sarcasm. > > http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt > > - A good rule of thumb: Be conservative in what you send and > liberal in what you receive. You should not send heated messages > (we call these "flames") even if you are provoked. On the other > hand, you shouldn't be surprised if you get flamed and it's > prudent not to respond to flames. > > [...] > > - Remember that the recipient is a human being whose culture, > language, and humor have different points of reference from your > own. Remember that date formats, measurements, and idioms may > not travel well. Be especially careful with sarcasm. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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