Hello folks. I’m a user of IRC (Internet Relay Chat), a communication system where one connects to a chat server and joins various channels to participate in real time discussion on some subject or other.
One of the big IRC servers out there, Freenode, has a channel called #buddhism that I ‘lurk’ in. One of the other regulars there recently advised of the existence of the pali channel.
Each IRC channel has a topic, and the topic of pali is currently set to “Paṭisanthāro! This is where we practise Pāḷi language, an ancient Indian language similar to Sanskrit.|| Daily Pāli lessons: https://paliloka.wordpress.com”
Whilst I’m not seeking to learn Pali myself, other than picking up a few words here and there, I thought some people on here might be interested in participating in the chat, so I’m making this post.
An easy way to join in would be to use the web based IRC client.
N.b. there was a spam abuse problem on Freenode recently, so many channels require one to register with the ‘nickserv’ using a simple e-mail confirmation. While pali is not one of those channels, #buddhism is one of those channels (note, that is a double # for that channel).
P.S. I bolded the channel names, because the forum software automaticaly bolded #buddhism (and made it a tag link), and I felt leaving pali unbolded might cause a small amount of confusion.