[Lilux-help] Google.lu & German

[Patrick Kaell]

What about English as the default language for google.lu and 
German/French as an option, if translation to Luxembourgish is not 
feasible? Most users of this list write in English for a good reason:

1. English is the language of the internet.
2. Luxembourg has over 7000 EU functionaries which aren't necessarly 
speaking French. There are many foreign banks and I know that in 
companies like SES, Good Year, Dupont, Husky, etc. English and not 
French is the primary language. Here at Limpertsberg in the 4 appartment 
house where I am living, in 2 appartments there are living swedish 
people and in 1 appartment there are living british people.

Looking at Telecran, Revue and all the election material I got from all 
the political parties which are all in German which only some "Slogans" 
in Luxembourgish, it is *very* difficult to see why one should blame 
Google for not having a "minimum" amount of political smartness.

Since we are not a minority but actors in our own sovereign country and 
are able to choose the language we want (which unfortunately is often 
not Luxembourgish), Google is completely right in choosing the same 
language as almost all political parties choose to communicate to their 
electors.

Regards, Patrick Kaell