[Ilugc] Regard clarify my doubt --> Asking Questions in Tamil
- From: binand@xxxxxxxxx (Binand Sethumadhavan)
- Date: Wed Feb 28 09:58:17 2007
On 27/02/07, Parthan <parth.technofreak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The reply can be "why don't we have a separate tamil list to ask the
same?" But, how many of those who are here will be ready to join another
mailing list and participate ?
So you are forcing this decision on those who are unwilling to
participate, like a dictatorship.
So, this answers the question "what if some one wants to ask a question
in Malayalam or Telugu or Kannada?". We can still forward the person to
appropriate local LUG mailing lists where people can reply in his own
Which would eventually lead to all Kannada speaking people ending up
in LUGs in Karnataka - irrespective of where they are physically - and
thus it will be impossible for them to participate in their local LUG
events.
LUGs are meant for a location - not a language. Within that location,
depending upon the concentration of special interest groups, they
could have sub-lists (like all Tamil-speaking people of Chennai, or
Asterix users in Bangalore or whatever).
My opinion is language should be a benefactor rather than a barrier to
share knowledge and being a local LUG we should encourage sharing
knowledge in local languages as well.
Amen. But you are solving the problem by creating a bigger one
(partitioning LUGs on linguistic basis). Everyone who is knowledgeable
and interesting in participating in Tamil will most certainly sign up
for a ilugc-tamil list.
Binand
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