I'm telling you that it
is irritating - I felt irritated.
In several previous discussions on this topic (not instigated by me) it was agreed that private conversations like that shouldn't happen. I believe it was Norwegian or Swedish last time, and the perpetrators (I think
Caprice was one of them) were happy enough to agree to always translate their comments.
I have participated in small conversations in Italian in the Lounge, in the context of discussing the Italian language - not in the context of having exclusive conversations on the etymology board.
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.