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John
Flightless Bird
On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:00:12 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
<not-me@other.invalid> wrote:
>On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:52:51 -0000, Interesting Ian wrote:
>
>> "John" <johnbslocomb@invalid.com> wrote in message
>> news:ijueq55o6fuim3kudkfps2h0tafmaa38v3@4ax.com...
>>
>>>
>>> You asked a question and you got a perfectly plausible answer,
>>> complete with source code, which if the reader were capable, whether
>>> through education or practice, of understanding, would have. It is not
>>> the answer that is at fault it is the knowledge of the reader that is
>>> lacking.
>>
>> You really would make a great teacher.
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Many/most trades use esoteric languages, not to wow the uninitiated
>>> but because that is the quickest and easiest method of transmitting a
>>> particular bit of information.
>>>
>>> John B.
>>
>> You're not transmitting information if the recipient cannot translate.
>
>How do you feel about speakers of Urdu or Arabic, then? Are they flawed
>because you can't understand them?
Yes, many people feel exactly that way. I don't live in the U.S. and I
frequently hear tourists say "But he can't even speak English" as
though these "foreigners" are somehow deficient. (Of course, the
locals are saying the same thing - "Stupid foreigner, can't even say
hello".
John B.
<not-me@other.invalid> wrote:
>On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:52:51 -0000, Interesting Ian wrote:
>
>> "John" <johnbslocomb@invalid.com> wrote in message
>> news:ijueq55o6fuim3kudkfps2h0tafmaa38v3@4ax.com...
>>
>>>
>>> You asked a question and you got a perfectly plausible answer,
>>> complete with source code, which if the reader were capable, whether
>>> through education or practice, of understanding, would have. It is not
>>> the answer that is at fault it is the knowledge of the reader that is
>>> lacking.
>>
>> You really would make a great teacher.
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Many/most trades use esoteric languages, not to wow the uninitiated
>>> but because that is the quickest and easiest method of transmitting a
>>> particular bit of information.
>>>
>>> John B.
>>
>> You're not transmitting information if the recipient cannot translate.
>
>How do you feel about speakers of Urdu or Arabic, then? Are they flawed
>because you can't understand them?
Yes, many people feel exactly that way. I don't live in the U.S. and I
frequently hear tourists say "But he can't even speak English" as
though these "foreigners" are somehow deficient. (Of course, the
locals are saying the same thing - "Stupid foreigner, can't even say
hello".
John B.