On Friday 12 of June 2015 17:33:07 Roman Bysh wrote:
I know, and many of us know. But "slang" terms are not known to everybody, specially for those of us for which English is not the first language. IMO, it is best to abstain on international mails lists, to avoid confusion and problems.
Slang? Really? I could see "gonna" explained in textbooks 25 years ago, I wouldn't be surprised to see "wanna" in them today (and I'm pretty sure I could find it in my Oxford dictionary from 1990). Are you going to tell people off for "won't"? Or is "tell off" also a "slang"?
Since we are communicating internationally I prefer using standard English so that everyone can understand.
And how exactly would you define that "standard English"? What one person finds standard, another needs to look up. But what gives one person the right to call his level of knowledge "standard" and tell others off for using words/idioms exceeding that "standard"? Michal Kubeček -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org