Re: Installation
On Tue, September 11, 2012 4:48 am, David Cho-Lerat wrote:
> Le 11/09/2012 12:36, Chris Bannister a écrit :
>> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:01:13AM +0200, David Cho-Lerat wrote:
>>
>>> Le 11/09/2012 04:23, Weaver a écrit :
>>>
>>>> I get the point. It's just not an accurate or germaine one...because
>>>> you
>>>> quoted out of context.
>>>>
>>> it's "germane", now. Germaine has been a firstname for some time.
>>>
>>> More seriously : I don't mean to offend you, Weaver, but you should
>>> probably try to stick to "simple" English. This is an international
>>> list,
>>>
>> LOL, You mean all those other debian-user (debian-user-catalan ...
>> debian-user-vietnamese) are for show?
>>
>
> no, I mean people on debian-user-catalan, for instance,
> may also be on debian-user - in fact it's very probable.
>
>> Do you mean words of one syllable, when you refer to "simple English"
>>
>>
>
> no, I mean the "Simple English Wikipedia" sort of English
> (http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_English_Wikipedia)
>
> For short : don't try to sound smart, most people are here
> looking for help, not looking to be impressed by your mastery
> of the English language. Or by your "clever" one-syllable joke :P
>
>> At one time, having a rich vocabulary was desired, now its considered
>> pompous? :(
>>
>
> I'm all for rich vocabulary, when it doesn't get in the way of getting
> your point across. Do read the posts I'm talking about carefully and
> I think you'll understand what I mean.
Well, I'm sorry, but I don't think I'm pompous.
Possibly just your sense of perception?
Regards,
Weaver
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