On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Yoav Nir <ynir.ietf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In practical terms. I walk into a room discussing (just picking a wg or bof > at random) "tunneling compressed multiplexed traffic". Suppose I knew > anything about this and had some slides: > - what language would those slides be in? > - what language would the draft that the slides are talking about be in? > - In what language am I talking about the draft or the slides? > - The people running to the mike telling me that I, in fact, do not know > anything about this, what language do they speak? > > If the answer to all these questions is English, what does this flexibility > mean? > If the answer is that there will be a whole bunch of languages, how are we > going to communicate? > > English is not my native language, but I don't see an alternative. People > all over the world learn English as a second language. More so than any > other language. Unless you want to get us all speaking Esperanto or lojban, > English is the most practical. > > Yoav > +1. English is not my native language neither, but I do not see any other practical solutions (Esperanto jokes aside). Riccardo