From: Srijayanth Sridhar <srijayanth@...>
Date: 2009-05-13T01:52:57+09:00
Subject: Re: On the Niceties of Asking For what You Want (was Re: Want some 	information....)

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I wonder how much of this discussion is colored by the poster's history :)

Jayanth

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Eleanor McHugh <
eleanor@games-with-brains.com> wrote:

> On 12 May 2009, at 16:47, Rick DeNatale wrote:
>
>> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Eleanor McHugh
>> <eleanor@games-with-brains.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I can only speak from a British perspective, but 'want' does sound
>>> slightly
>>> too demanding compared to 'need' or 'like' in this context. A more
>>> natural
>>> (and oblique) phrasing would be along the lines of 'I was wondering if
>>> anyone knows how to handle authentication in Ruby?" which cares much less
>>> of
>>> an emotional subtext than the more direct approach.
>>>
>>
>> Fair enough, but may have the temerity to suggest that civility would
>> best be preserved if we follow at least the part of Postel's law about
>> being liberal in what we accept, particularly in a 'place' frequented
>> by a mix of American's, Brit's, other native 'English' speakers, and
>> non-native speakers who have various ideas/knowledge of what's
>> proper/conservative to produce.
>>
>
> Oh definitely.
>
>
>
> Ellie
>
> Eleanor McHugh
> Games With Brains
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