Mino, how about another of the major languages then, such as Spanish? Or chinese, for that matter.
Would it not be rather uncourteous to disallow those who do not speak your language from communicating on channel 1, for the sole purpose of it irritating you? After all, if there's only one or two, the squelch command would be quite sufficient in this case.
English is the main language and will remain so, and I frankly think it is pretty rude to demand that only your own language is spoken because it's the only one you understand. I enjpooy watching the Spanish and italians communicate, even though I understand no Italian and only got a limite Spanish vocabulary. Reminds me that it's a global community crossing many cultures, but one with a common passion.
My comments about America-bashing was meant as a joke. There are some aspects of American culture I utterly despise, and others I admire. Same goes for my own culture, which in some regards is quite opposite to the American one (for example, here "flaunt it if ya got it" is considered bragging and a more humble approach is more succesful, whereas in the US it's more common. Which is good in one sense, but bad in another
). I live in northern Jutland, and we're famous for our understatements. Guy wins 20k on a lottery ticket and when asked about what he feels, he says "well, it'll put bread on my table, so it's not all bad".
Just an example of a difference.
However, I am annoyed if channel 1 is overflowed with languages I cannot understand a word of. But an occasional break from the English is quite rewarding in my opinion
I will also respect others requests and if asked to speak English instead of Danish of Swedish, I'll do so.
There is no official policy on the matter of language in ch1 coming from HTC?
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