On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 17:02, Jessi Berkelhammer<jberkelhammer@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > As a monolingual North American, I am also very uncomfortable with this > thread. > > A rant about abbreviations/IRC jargon is an appropriate discussion for list, > but criticizing how non-native English speakers write English is not. This > thread began with a mention of the "attitude" that non-native English > speakers have, as if non-native English speakers are a unified group that > are are more likely to have a bad attitude than native English speakers. Of > course such a generalization could make people uncomfortable. If you're going to quote me in your email, at least don't insinuate that I've said something that I haven't, Jessi. -- </Daniel P. Brown> daniel.brown@xxxxxxxxxxxx || danbrown@xxxxxxx http://www.parasane.net/ || http://www.pilotpig.net/ Check out our great hosting and dedicated server deals at http://twitter.com/pilotpig -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php