Hencke Tetraglot Moderator Spain Joined 6895 days ago 2340 posts - 2444 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Finnish, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map
| Message 9 of 15 16 February 2006 at 5:33am | IP Logged |
fredomirek wrote:
Moreover, I suppose every inhabitant of a Spanish-speaking country will defend their "dialect" of a language and therefore Mexicans will say that Spanish used in Mexico is the best and Spanish from Valladolid will stick to their Castilian. |
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Very true indeed ! And it is only right and proper to take pride, and express your pride in your own dialect or variant (like I do myself, of Finland-Swedish ;o). We must always be careful though, to respect that others too, are proud of theirs and not promote our own preferences by detracting from that of others.
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patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7016 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map
| Message 10 of 15 16 February 2006 at 6:10am | IP Logged |
Hencke wrote:
We must always be careful though, to respect that others too, are proud of theirs and not promote our own preferences by detracting from that of others. |
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Hear hear!
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fredomirek Tetraglot Senior Member Poland Joined 6907 days ago 265 posts - 264 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishC1, Italian, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Japanese
| Message 11 of 15 16 February 2006 at 7:50am | IP Logged |
Patuco I think nobody has offended others' dialect and I believe we are all here enough tolerant and well-mannered not to do such things.
Edited by fredomirek on 16 February 2006 at 7:51am
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patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7016 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map
| Message 12 of 15 16 February 2006 at 10:02am | IP Logged |
fredomirek wrote:
Patuco I think nobody has offended others' dialect and I believe we are all here enough tolerant and well-mannered not to do such things. |
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I didn't think that anyone had offended anyone else, I was merely agreeing with Hencke. I also agree with you that the members of this forum have good manners and are tolerant of others.
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Hencke Tetraglot Moderator Spain Joined 6895 days ago 2340 posts - 2444 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Finnish, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map
| Message 13 of 15 16 February 2006 at 11:55am | IP Logged |
I agree, and I didn't mean to imply that anyone has offended anyone else in this thread, nor does it generally happen in this forum.
I just meant that we should be wary of the danger.
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fredomirek Tetraglot Senior Member Poland Joined 6907 days ago 265 posts - 264 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishC1, Italian, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Japanese
| Message 14 of 15 16 February 2006 at 2:30pm | IP Logged |
Yes, I agree too. I was just a bit "suspicious" when I saw your "Hear hear!", it looked as if you were trying to point out somebody's vice. Sorry for misunderstanding. In addition, I should add that this forum is one with the best-mannered, most friendly and willing to help people. Thanks Francois for creating this forum and thank you people for building it too!
Piotr
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patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7016 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map
| Message 15 of 15 16 February 2006 at 4:16pm | IP Logged |
fredomirek wrote:
...this forum is one with the best-mannered, most friendly and willing to help people. |
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Perhaps because we have decided to learn about other cultures via languages, we are naturally more tolerant and helpful :)
Anyway, I think that we've drifted off topic slightly...
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