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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Re: How to install X-Chat in five hours (or more)
From:       Oohara Yuuma <oohara () libra ! interq ! or ! jp>
Date:       2003-08-06 15:35:07
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On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 21:38:19 +0200,
Emile van Bergen <emile-deb@evbergen.xs4all.nl> wrote:
> You know, I think these are actually good suggestions. I think there's a
> lot to be gained *not* by dumbing down, *not* by losing any information
> that might be useful to a geek or to a new user as (s)he's learning, but
> by phrasing texts so that they appeal more to generally intelligent
> human beings, rather than to people that just happen to have some
> specific knowledge.
Sometimes jargon is more understandable for a non-native speaker
because it has a very narrow sense.

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