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Sad
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German thing
I only want to ask sceners from germany, why they release so much things in german language? Why they can't do it in English? In german, it will be only for german speak, but most of us can speak only english, so why they want to do things for all of us? Maybe there is still feeling in them, that they are something special and they don't want respect everyone. You know, who staretd two world wars and why!!! |
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Sad
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OK. Tiger disk, Digital talk... And ofcourse sites about C64 party (only in language of gods) Murphy's world party, Commodore meeting in Vienna, Classic computing... I don't want to search for more, because that is enough I think. |
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Steppe
Registered: Jan 2002
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Can someone close this topic, it's just too ridiculous... |
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Testicle
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what an intelligent topic - the question might be ok, but your explanations are really embarrasing.
some people just develope for a local audience, and they might have several reasons. for example, they don't think they can manage to publish a whole mag in english? perhaps they think, that their mag/release etc. isn't that wide-spread?
you find almost everywhere a few releases, that are only in their motherlanguage.
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Nafcom
Registered: Apr 2002
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Sad, you say too hard what you mean. Please do not compare it with WWII! Don't even think about it has to do anything with the C64 scene!
I can only tell you my point of view: All things I do for scene and even besides scene is 100% international and English. I know some people don't like it, but on phone, I speak more English than German, etc. My whole hobby is directed by the English language which I honestly more prefer than my own mother tongue. I think everything should be multilingual, especially homepages. The HCC club for example translated there site in English since I said, I can't understand any Dutch.
Apart from this, the topic is really without any point.
SO, I agree here with Steppe!
All the best!
Bye!
Joerg |
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Nafcom
Registered: Apr 2002
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Quote: what an intelligent topic - the question might be ok, but your explanations are really embarrasing.
some people just develope for a local audience, and they might have several reasons. for example, they don't think they can manage to publish a whole mag in english? perhaps they think, that their mag/release etc. isn't that wide-spread?
you find almost everywhere a few releases, that are only in their motherlanguage.
Okay, but you have to admit, that 99% of all C64 stuff is English and not in other languages! :)
All the best!
Bye!
Joerg |
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Testicle
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Quote: Okay, but you have to admit, that 99% of all C64 stuff is English and not in other languages! :)
All the best!
Bye!
Joerg
yes, that's why i said only "a few"... ;-)
i think it's the people's choice - if they don't want to (or can't) reach a big majority, they shall release in their motherlanguage. most of the releases are in english, and there's no loss if this small minority of non-multilingual-releases (or non-english-releases) exists.
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Nafcom
Registered: Apr 2002
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Quote: yes, that's why i said only "a few"... ;-)
i think it's the people's choice - if they don't want to (or can't) reach a big majority, they shall release in their motherlanguage. most of the releases are in english, and there's no loss if this small minority of non-multilingual-releases (or non-english-releases) exists.
Yes, I understand you. But in reference to SAD's example, I am sometimes really frustrated about C64 homepages I can't understand, because I will never learn Polish, Dutch, Italian, Spanish or any other language.
But for Diskmags, I think every scene part has its right to get magazines in their own mother tongue!
All the best!
Bye!
Joerg |
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Steppe
Registered: Jan 2002
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Sad, ever heard of Godwin's Law? I guess not, but google might help you here. |
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Hate Bush
Registered: Jul 2002
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I don't want to hear that publishing in German is an unmistakable sign of being a national socialist. Just as I don't think that publishing in Polish is a sign of being parochial and behind the times. Etc. etc. etc. Sad, you're Sadly talking rubbish. |
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CyberBrain
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True, it's ofcoz allright to release anything you want and do it in whatever language you want. But it shouldn't come as a suprise to the creators of those releases/C64-websites, that most non-germans gets a little 'annoyed' when we see yet another release/C64-website in german. But that's their chance to take, and i really don't think it's that big a problem at the moment. (just reset your C64 or click close in your browser when you see something in german, and you won't be bothered - that's what i do and it works fine :) ) |
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