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Re: Rethinking the design of xwidgets
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Arthur Miller |
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Re: Rethinking the design of xwidgets |
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Fri, 16 Oct 2020 15:09:00 +0200 |
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Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
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> > FWIW when a statement is phrased in terms of second person when it
> > can just as readily be phrased in terms of third person or without
> > any use of a pronoun, it can often come across as much more
> > personal.
>
> That is an important point. Thanks.
>
> Other tips for expressing yourself in a kind way
> can be found in https://gnu.org/philosophy/kind-communication.html.
Indeed. In some leanguages the "you" is used as a third person; where
English speaking would say "one" and for example Swedish or Germans
would say "man", some other langauages would say "you" and sometimes it
can mess with how people's words are percieved. It is what we call a
"kulturkrock" in Swedish; "culture clash" in direct translation, but I
am not sure it is 'a term' in english.
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- Re: Rethinking the design of xwidgets, Tomas Hlavaty, 2020/10/14
- Re: Rethinking the design of xwidgets, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/10/14
- Re: Rethinking the design of xwidgets, Tomas Hlavaty, 2020/10/14
- Re: Rethinking the design of xwidgets, Akira Kyle, 2020/10/14
- Re: Rethinking the design of xwidgets, Tomas Hlavaty, 2020/10/14
- Re: Rethinking the design of xwidgets, Richard Stallman, 2020/10/16
- Re: Rethinking the design of xwidgets,
Arthur Miller <=
- Re: Rethinking the design of xwidgets, Mingde (Matthew) Zeng, 2020/10/14
- Re: Rethinking the design of xwidgets, Akira Kyle, 2020/10/14
- Re: Rethinking the design of xwidgets, Mingde (Matthew) Zeng, 2020/10/15
Re: Rethinking the design of xwidgets, Richard Stallman, 2020/10/14