On 05/08/13 10:38, Scott Brim wrote:
> Right, but Fuyou was talking about *spoken* English being more > challenging than written English (if you can't *read* English fairly > quickly, drafts and mailing lists are impenetrable, and you're done in > the IETF). I'm told that it's easier for non-native English speakers to > read slides than to parse spoken English for anyone who talks faster > than I do.
don't forget there are accents as well which make the parsing challenging even more :)
Aaron
Aside: this is yet another reason why a really thorough jabber scribe is useful.
PS: good ones normally don't have time, and random volunteers may not meet your expectation. sign..
swb