[OSM-talk] [Tagging] nomoj de internaciaj objektoj / nazwy obiektów międzynarodowych / names of international objects

[Mario Frasca]

right, looks like we keep focusing on the pointless point.

On 25/02/2020 09:36, Tomek wrote:
> Esperanto is a better choice because it takes much less time to learn 
> it than to learn English.

I doubt this.  you don't need Shakespeare or Chaucer for technical 
English communication.  just use a pidgin, easy enough. hardly any 
grammar.  you can even forget about articles.  poor native speakers, who 
have to cope with us!

On 25/02/2020 09:36, Tomek wrote:
> I just want everyone on the international list to use a comfortable 
> language

I *am* comfortable with English, thank you for your consideration and 
effort.  if you want to know, I am comfortable, in decreasing order, 
with Italian, Spanish, English, Dutch, French, German and possibly 
Portuguese, (Maarten: I'm counting Dutch and German as if it was two 
languages. :-P en dat grappig taaltje van jou, is het Limburgs?  zeer 
schattig hoor!)  But Esperanto? no, I can't read it, I tend to just skip 
to the end of the text.  Polish?  I made an attempt, it's by far the 
most difficult language I have ever met.

automated translations?  they go through English, mostly, and they fail 
terribly when doing two passes.  some languages are still beyond the 
reach of most translation algorithms.  I would NOT rely on them.

so if you are concerned about comfort, you have my personal preferences.

oh, right, sorry, I'm just one, not the community.

do we want to choose a language here?  imagine we do that, and we use 
the Schutze method for it?  do you think the outcome won't be English?  
really?

On 25/02/2020 09:36, Tomek wrote:
> This is the dictatorship of the majority.

call it as you prefer.  I guess this is how the democratic decision 
process works.  majority dictates.  unless you prefer oligarchies 
(minority dictates), or theocracies (priests dictate), or plutocracies 
(money dictates)…  right, you call OSM a plutocracy, since the people 
who finance it are deciding for the rest.  but, hey, they are paying, 
and we may use it gratis, and even make money with it.  I don't feel 
like complaining you know!

MF

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