Your post would have been fine, but I was half asleep and did not read the line where you added extra letters (to make a point) correctly. Regardless I think it needed be explained, that donating is a sign of appreciation not some magic thing that will make things happen any quicker. I too think he has had some sleepless nights recently as it seems I blink and another release is waiting, only for me to then tell him that my favourite game is still broken.

The language barrier can be a problem though. I have a Belgian friend who I have talked to over IM for many years. So much so I would forget English was not his native language and every now and again he would ask me a question that made no sense at all, then he would get annoyed when I couldn't answer his question. It would take me a long time to try and work out what he meant and it was impossible to explain to him how his words did not have the meaning he thought they did.

That said, I did a bit of French and Spanish at school, but do not really remember much. So I greatly admire anyone who can make themselves understood at all in English when it is not their native language. The closest I got to understanding a foreign language is PHP.