[Info-vax] next webinar meeting "Rendez-vous autour de VMS" : Tuesday February 6 from 2 to 4:30 p.m. as a zoom conference.

[Chris Townley]

On 09/02/2024 01:09, bill wrote:
> On 2/8/2024 6:22 PM, Chris Townley wrote:
>> On 08/02/2024 21:34, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 2/8/2024 8:24 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>> Just as some neutral feedback, personally, I feel that requiring these
>>>> meetings to be in French heavily restricts the audience for them. 
>>>> English
>>>> is much more of an international common language than French is, 
>>>> even if
>>>> French is established as an alternative language in some localised 
>>>> parts
>>>> of the world.
>>>
>>> A meeting intended for a global audience should be hold in English.
>>>
>>> But I believe this is a meeting with mostly french presenters
>>> targeting a french audience, where they as a gift to the rest
>>> of the world make the content available in English afterwards.
>>>
>>> Arne
>>>
>>> PS: un, deux, trois, ...
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Well said sir!
>>
>> I nearly launched earlier, but I bit my tongue. Merdre!
>>
> 
> I just found the idea rather rude.  I thought it was supposed to be
> the Americans who thought the whole world should be speaking their
> language?
> 
> What do you call a person who speaks three languages?   Trilingual
> 
> What do you call a person who speaks two languages?   Bilingual
> 
> What do you call a person who speaks only one languages?   American
> 
> bill
> 

Agreed. Sadly too many Brits sometimes just shout louder in English

I think it is nice that the French are prepared to send out translations 
for those who can't/won't speak their language

-- 
Chris