Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Magazine (Brazilian community)

2011/7/14 Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>

> Hi :)
> It is tricky to find a good word.  In England "collaborators" has a hint of
> revolutionary/terrorist activity & shady dodgy characters working towards
> the
> downfall of the country as in the French Revolution.  "Workers" can hint at
> "comrades" which hints at communism and is seen as bad.  "Co-workers" is
> possibly fairly hippy which would make it far worse than any of the above.
> "Colleagues" is possibly best although it's fairly posh so although some
>  office
> workers might understand it many people wouldn't.  It also implies that you
> have
> no control over them as they are on the same level as you in the hierarchy
> of
> the organisation.  "Employees" is the one that might cause the least amount
> of
> confusion even though the people volunteered and didn't get paid.  At least
> with
> "Employees" it shows that you have some control so it's more accurate.
> "Volunteers" implies the work is such poor quality that it's worthless, an
> attitude that constantly annoys me a LOT given the amount of amazing amount
> of
> great work  i see every day from volunteers compared to the low quality of
> work
> i often see from paid workers.  Perhaps "Journalists that wrote the
> articles"?
>
> I do like "Employees" & "Colleagues" because it hints at corporate
> professionalism.  I like "Collaborators"  but many would be suspicious of
> it.
> "Journalists that supplied the articles" might be better in this specific
> case.

Many thanks for this nice explanation =)

It shows how sometimes we try to say something in a way, and we can be
totally misundertood.
Maybe this could be one of the causes why we are facing some troubles in our
relationships these days... =)


> England is a very frustrating place sometimes.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
Kind regards

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