[CentOS-devel] Language lists
Lance Davis
lance at uklinux.net
Mon Jan 22 15:03:43 UTC 2007
On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:
>> - Wrt. language vs regional: can someone comment how much e.g. pt_BR
>> differs from pt_PT?
>
> A lot.
>
>> Is it like US English and UK English, or do they
>> differ to such an extend that it would be difficult to communicate on
>> one list?
>
> As a rule of thumb, a pt_BR speaker would have as much (or sometimes more)
> trouble communicating with someone who speaks pt_PT as with someone that
> speaks spanish.
>
> Sometime even more, since there are words that are common, but with
> completely different meanings.
>
>> I think it is a relevant "data point" for this discussion.
>
> True.
Sounds like we need different lists for those then - what about different
moderators ??
Lance
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