[meego-network-fi] Re: Community news for portal
- From: Jarkko Moilanen <jarkko.moilanen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: meego-network-fi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:52:33 +0200
Hi,
2011/1/20 Jarkko Kniivilä <jkniiv@xxxxxxxxx>
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 22:43, Jarkko Moilanen
> <jarkko.moilanen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Forgot to add that if you want to write in Finnish, that's ok too. Using
> > Finnish leaves some of the members out though...same in Finnish
> > Eli voit kirjoittaa myös suomeksi, mutta silloin osa jäsenistä/lukijoista
> ei
> > ymmärrä sanomaasi. Tai pahimmassa tapauksessa ymmärtää väärin kun käyttää
> > automaattista käännöspalvelua.
> >
>
> I'm sorry but that last comment in Finnish was totally unwanted and
> simply self-deprecating FUD. The fact that somebody uses their own
> mother tongue in their own ethnic region shouldn't be a shame whether
> that causes a "danger" of misunderstanding for non-natives or not. I'm
> somewhat aghast at how easily we the young professional Finns are
> ready to cast away our own language in our country. This doesn't bode
> well for the future. :(
>
> I'm not against using our own language. The fact still is that even though
MeeGo Network Finland is regional/national community, a large amount of our
members do not understand Finnish. I have written about this rather odd
situation in my blog:
http://meego.ajatukseni.net/2010/12/25/bilanguage-community/
I'm still standing behind my words, that any issue that affects whole
community should be communicated in English not in Finnish. Otherwise
Finnish is fine. By the way, people are getting fine with this language
issue at out IRC channel. I can now see both Finnish and English used there
fluently.
Anyway, the system (portal) will not 'look down' on Finnish written blog
entries or other items. Use your own discretion when selecting language.
/Jarkko
> Siis käyttäkää (myös) sitä suomea, perkele!
>
> --
> Jarkko Kniivilä < jibun | jkniiv >
> FIN-13100 HÄMEENLINNA
>
> "Panta rhei kai oumen menei" -- Herakleitos
>
>
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