Re: Colloquial language [Re: Last Call: <draft-hoffman-tao4677bis-15.txt> (The Tao of IETF: A Novice's Guide to the Internet Engineering Task Force) to Informational RFC]

[Simon Perreault <[e-mail]>]

On 2012-05-31 04:58, 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.

Another non-native English speaker here. Didn't have any problem 
understanding the Tao. Its level of language made me more interested in 
the IETF. Although my level of English is better than other non-native 
speakers'. Non-native != bad at English.

I think colloquialisms may often be as hard to understand as excellent 
but seldom-used vocabulary. Should we also "dumb down" our level of 
language? Such as this:
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_English_Wikipedia

I don't think so.

Thanks,
Simon
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