On 12/4/06, Aleksandar Milivojevic <alex at milivojevic.org> wrote: > Quoting Leonard Isham <leonard.isham at gmail.com>: > > > First I have relatives that know little to no English. Second I have > > traveled to Europe, Asia, and Africa for both business and pleasure. > > > > Now I have to ask how many people would even attempt to understand an > > e-mail in an unknown language? > > If their profession is computer related, the chances that they will be > able to understand what you wrote to them is relatively high. It is > highly unlikely that an ISP will hire somebody who don't speak English > for "abuse" position. Even the "basic helpdesk" personel is usually > required to have at least basic knowledge of English. > > Like you, I also have many relatives back home in Croatia. Many of > them don't speak English at all. Back home in Croatia, I also have a > bunch of friends that are system administrators, programmers, > engineers, professionals, etc. All of them do speak English. It kind > of comes with the profession. With some professions, it is a huge > dissadvantage if you don't know at least basic English. Computer > related professions are just extreme example of that. > This is good information thank you. -- Leonard Isham, CISSP Ostendo non ostento.