I personally feel that, we had enough debate on this issue and is time for the LIS- FORUM to stop further discussion on it. My apololgy, if the moderator or the forum members feel otherwise. Many good suggestions have been offered by our friends. Therefore, let individuals decide the language in which they prefer to communicate and the language that is most required and accepted in their organizations or by the peer group. Needless to say that LIS FORUM accepts only English. The guidelines provided by Berkeley Digital Library site for participating in E-discussion seem to be very useful. Those interested may find these at http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/ thanks, g.k.Manjunath IGIDR, MUMBAI On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, A.V. Nagarathna wrote:
Dear All,
........Response to Mr./Dr. Hiremath��
I am annoyed only because your arguments are not logical.
Basically members on this forum can offer their suggestions when the argument is logical.
I am surprised that you talk about decency! Can you just read once again all your messages to this forum how decent the words you have used�. Disservice�unwarranted�slaves to English�unfortunate Indians�show oof...look down upon� By the way who are you to refer to others as �unfortunate��
You are questioning me what is �show off�, it is you who used these words in your message first time�if you can offer me explanation what you mean by this.. I can give you reply�
Don�t you understand even now, after reading several messages on this forum explaining why you need to know English and when you need it ?
Who are you to declare Tamil is the language of Bangalore?
If you want to promote or advice usage of regional languages, canvas in that language, why are you using English for this purpose? Since you are opposing usage of English, first you have to implement and stop using English before you advice others.
In spite of several responses on this forum --- explaining why English is essential, you are continuing to argue BLINDLY and enforcing your �fixed concepts and ideas� on others.
May be it is better to simply IGNORE messages with no logical arguments, so that little time is saved.
Thank you,
Regards, AVNagarathna
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