On 5/31/12 02:05 , Klaas Wierenga wrote:
On 5/31/12 10:58 AM, Stephen Farrell wrote:
I'm with Brian and Yoav on this. I don't see a need
to change here. And I do think we might lose something
if we become too PC. If a bunch of non-native speakers
did say "yes, I found that made the document less
useful" then I'd be more convinced that all these
changes were worth it.
As a non-native speaker I agree. I think colloquial is fine. The one
thing causes me some trouble is all the references that Americans make
to sports that nobody in the civilized world cares about ;-) ("left
field", "Hail Mary passes"
If the Congregatio a Sancta Cruce hadn't come to North America from Le
Mans France and specifically to South Bend Indiana there would be no
Hail Mary.