On 05/08/13 10:38, Scott Brim wrote:
> Right, but Fuyou was talking about *spoken* English being more
> challenging than written English (if you can't *read* English fairly
> quickly, drafts and mailing lists are impenetrable, and you're done in
> the IETF). I'm told that it's easier for non-native English speakers to
> read slides than to parse spoken English for anyone who talks faster
> than I do.
don't forget there are accents as well which make the parsing challenging
even more :)
Aaron
Aside: this is yet another reason why a really thorough jabber scribe is
useful.
PS: good ones normally don't have time, and random volunteers may not meet
your expectation. sign..
swb