On 14 Apr 2014, at 22:30, "Ralf R Radermacher" <[email protected]> wrote: > > [...] > > On a lighter note: When I insert my German Mastercard into an English > terminal and I enter the PIN, the display says "Nadel OK" (literally "needle > OK"). Obviously someone not knowing a word of German has looked up the > translation of "pin" in a dictionary. :-) >
I love mistakes like that. It shows you not only that the person doesn't know German, but also that they don't understand that PIN is an acronym - although probably also now a word in it's own right, if enough people think it is. Of course, that leads to abominations like PIN number... B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
