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I have the clear view that if a new SCOOP can be created and diaries could be classifiy we could have different communities overlapping each other. Some people could only go to the spanish or the italian because they do not speak english.. but it will be better than now since they will note b into english any how (actually ET could be a great place to learn).  So I will definetely go for it.

Those of us who can should make the effort of the translation to post in both languages... and this is the only weak point I see from a new SCOOP... we will have the time and will?

The question of what happens meanwhile remains. what happens if all diaries or most are written in a language that we/I/most of us do not understand...and should we try to attract people with a very basic english by doing foreign language diaries.

I must say I do not have an answer at all. NO idea. Please afew.. I am waiting for your solution.. you know anybody can change my mine very easily sometimes.

And  catalan is almost my natural language in writing...it is very easy if you are in an english keyboard without "accent" for the vowels.
So I can write catalan any time you want...spoken is even nicer

A pleasure


I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Tue Jan 24th, 2006 at 09:24:53 AM EST
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I haven't got the solution boo hoo. One thing I know is that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush -- so, if experimenting with other languages than English is going to hurt people and break up the existing community, we should be very wary. That's my feeling right now.

Spoken Catalan is harder for me to understand... And even written is quite hard, since I'm coming at from a partial acquaintance with Occitan and have to make adjustments, though they're fairly similar. (Maybe not Barcelona slang, though...)

Please do reply to Migeru's question about Catalan/Castilian etiquette.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Jan 24th, 2006 at 10:38:56 AM EST
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