Re: [tlug] email programs

[Pietro Zuco <pietro@example.com>]

Charles Muller wrote:

> My point is this:
> 
> When it comes to questions related to Linux computing, TLUG (as I have come
> to understand it) has a clear protocol outlined on its web site that
> strongly recommends that people do a bit of their own footwork before
> throwing a question out there, and to show in their question what they have
> done thus far to resolve it.
> 
> As someone who has struggled to learn a few languages besides my own, I kind
> of felt that the same kind of principle should be applied here, in that the
> way the question was phrased, it did not seem to me that much effort had
> been made by the originator of the query to find the answer on his own.
> 
> Apparently I was mistaken here, and will be more careful to avoid
> exercising such cruelty and vanity in the future. Dictionaries? What stupid
> recommendation *that* was!

Charles.
I don't want to continue with this polemic. But I just want to left 
clear some points:

1. I searched in the dictionary for myself (I'm still capable to do it) 
and I found two meanings. I only wanted to know which of both was used.
2. tlug is a mailing list, where is preferred the english due not all 
the people, except japanese of course, can speak japanese. And asking 
about the meaning of a word that have several interpretations is a 
justified and legitimate question.
3. The asking for clarification, didn't was to improve my english. It 
was because I wanted to understand better the meaning of a message about 
kmail, that I think has a near relation with Linux.
4. I think you found yourself in a situation that you had to speak in a 
language that is not yours. So remember all the times when you had 
trouble to understand and asked to someone.
5. I'm sorry that only asking about the meaning of a word degenerate in 
a discussion, about US, France, politics, etc. I'm italian, why not 
speak in latin? ;-)

So, "terrific" = "sugeeee" :)

-Pietro-