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In reply to the discussion: Should DU be an English Only site? [View all]AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)15. okie dokie
But you can see how it went....
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Anyone that has seen the xenophobic garbage tossed at Sid, Whisp and a few others
Number23
Jun 2014
#203
Besides, Hawaiian was spoken on Hawaii way before English was spoken in North America. n/t
DFW
Jun 2014
#314
so this is about your issues? we should forbid all but English on DU because you can't handle it?
CreekDog
Jun 2014
#349
She posted in romanji, which is using western characters to sound out japanese
Jesus Malverde
Jun 2014
#336
I think if something is posted as an op in another language then it should have a translation.
hrmjustin
Jun 2014
#25
No. I could call them feminist word Stasi, word Caribineros, word KGB and they would
Cleita
Jun 2014
#212
I guess I'm about to get grouped in the same number range for saying this...
Violet_Crumble
Jun 2014
#307
No but non Americans should not be allowed to post on US Domestic Policy threads
Exposethefrauds
Jun 2014
#32
In your example ark from ark is an expat and is allowed to vote in us elections
Exposethefrauds
Jun 2014
#41
I do not think you understand the difference between an expat, a us citizen not
Exposethefrauds
Jun 2014
#50
Try this example of US Domestic Policy. Tell me it doesn't impact anyone outside the USA.
uppityperson
Jun 2014
#166
well then why are you commenting on the domestic policies of other countries?
CreekDog
Jun 2014
#116
That policy is an international policy as in not allowing us meet into japan
Exposethefrauds
Jun 2014
#130
Damn! 314 posts in only a few days and you're lecturing us about who should be allowed to post here?
randome
Jun 2014
#38
Like my husband, whose wife, mother-in-law, nephew, and brother-in-law all are Americans
Heidi
Jun 2014
#299
But they should realize that almost no one will be able to read what they are writing.
Marrah_G
Jun 2014
#37
I'm not an American, but I'm not understanding why you wouldn't provide a translation....
Violet_Crumble
Jun 2014
#305
"I'd be sitting there wondering if they were saying something bad about me or something,"
yuiyoshida
Jun 2014
#308
Because if my friends suddenly switched to a language I don't understand, it's rude...
Violet_Crumble
Jun 2014
#310
I'm simply and solely baffled by anyone's---ANYONE'S---taking offense at SOP.
WinkyDink
Jun 2014
#333
just because you can't think of any reason why something would be posted in other language
CreekDog
Jun 2014
#353
I'm all for people posting in any language they like. But will that yield effective communication?
Silent3
Jun 2014
#55
"in Hindi, and someone alerts on it claiming that it contains inappropriate content"
Capt. Obvious
Jun 2014
#73
The alert was sent 3 and a half hours after someone asked what it said
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2014
#288
It's not your style, but DU is too big for everyone to know your style
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2014
#297
Untranslated sentences that Google Translate can't cope with lend themselves to hypotheticals
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2014
#303
It's because the idea of a forum is for people to understand each other
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2014
#358
So we have over 80% saying DU is NOT English only and a jury that hides a non-English post
CreekDog
Jun 2014
#93
Remember that the 'innocuous sentence' was a (deserved) attack on a foreign state
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2014
#296
The point is that this shows the problems with untranslatable posts
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2014
#317
I think it's polite to offer a translation or at least a synopsis of the foreign language commentary
MADem
Jun 2014
#110
Well, you should protect yourself!!! That's horrible to jury you! Just annotate as follows
MADem
Jun 2014
#241
Write it in hiragana or katakana with a link to the Google translate--I think that
MADem
Jun 2014
#264
I think your point is valid. Southwest Asian languages get the stink-eye sometimes, too...
MADem
Jun 2014
#283
Not to, like, mention, the, like, totally, like awesome, Valley Girl dialect.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2014
#142
Just type in ALL CAPS. With bigger and bigger fonts until the foreigners understand.
Gidney N Cloyd
Jun 2014
#146
It is just well established norms of human communication. You are taking this too personally,
quinnox
Jun 2014
#171
I find your reasoning bizarre. Writing here in Mandarin would achieve virtually zero, communication-
WinkyDink
Jun 2014
#201
Excuse me, what? I didn't understand, because you wrote in English. Please try Mandarin next time.
WinkyDink
Jun 2014
#325
I don't think it should be prescribed by rule; but realistically it IS a site of mostly English
LeftishBrit
Jun 2014
#158
one DU member, alerter, declared DU an English only website, got a jury to agree
CreekDog
Jun 2014
#174
Majority is "NO"?! Is English not the lingua franca of U.S.-based Message Boards?
WinkyDink
Jun 2014
#200
Yes. It's common courtesy to post in the language that most DUers understand (nt)
Nye Bevan
Jun 2014
#215
The idea that people become fearful of another language, as it may contain insult, is xenophobic.
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#244
I only speak English. So, that wouldn't be possible. Even if it was...
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#253
Hiding such a post is rotten but due to ignorance on the receiving end it probably will work best to
TheKentuckian
Jun 2014
#230
Personally I don't care whether a language other than English is used as we have a diverse group
davidpdx
Jun 2014
#258
As indicated, I have a very high tolerance for posts about whose meaning I am clueless,
merrily
Jun 2014
#282
Not sure I agree - if there are enough Korean speaking members to post pages of Korean, why not?
Chathamization
Jun 2014
#345
I'd be compelled to recognize myself as as close-minded, xenophobic, and without imagination
LanternWaste
Jun 2014
#335
No, BUT .... non-English speakers should realize that juries may misunderstand them
MH1
Jun 2014
#365
This is America a country developed in great thanks to immigrants who didn't speak english!
riseabove
Jun 2014
#375