[Air-l] Why Am I Only Communicating with Text?

[Barry Saunders]

I'm sorry, is this a joke? "The USA is not the only country in America."

"The USA is not the only country in America."


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On 5/27/07, Nancy Baym <nbaym at ku.edu> wrote:
>
> >
> >>At the risk of distracting from my points above, this is the American
> list
> >>of Internet Researchers. How come all of our text is in US English? The
> USA
> >  >is not the only country in America.
>
> We have been through this many many times. Search the archives for
> "English as a Language for International Communication" if you want
> to read the previous discussion.
>
> There is no language restriction or policy on Air-L.
>
> Subscribers are free to post in any language they choose.
>
> Three of our eight conferences have been (or will be) held in the
> United States. The other 5 were/will be located in Canada, England,
> the Netherlands, and Australia. At this point we do not anticipate
> that next year's conference will meet in the US.
>
> We are all aware that the US is neither the only country in America
> nor the only country in which internet research is conducted. There
> is no need to point that out. Many people on this list are not from
> the US. Many people who come to the conferences are not from the US.
> Many members of the executive committee past and present are not from
> the US. I would argue that this association has done a great deal to
> facilitate the exchange of internet research across international
> boundaries since its inception.
>
> Why is most text on this list in English? Because most people on this
> list recognize that for better or worse, English is the one language
> we all understand. However, if anyone wants to post in other
> languages, go for it. No one's going to stop the messages from going
> through.
>
> Suely Fragoso started a parallel AoIR list meant to be trilingual
> (Portuguese and Spanish as well as English). I am not sure how that
> list is going (Suely? Others?).
>
> So please, before going off on yet another rant/distraction about the
> Americanness of this Association make an itty bitty effort to get
> facts and history straight.
>
> Can we pretty please talk about internet research for a while? That'd
> be really cool.
>
> Nancy
>
>
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