[FairfieldLife] Re: One for Card -- Why Chinese user manuals in English are often so weird

2008-02-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It starts early, with the blocks used to teach kids English: http://peer-see.com/blog/chumble-spuzz/2006/07/09/ Hey, maybe this is the method Angela was telling us she invented!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: One for Card -- Why Chinese user manuals in English are often so weird

2008-02-15 Thread Angela Mailander
Judy, it's not the same at all, but thanks for the link. If you look at it carefully, you'll see that there is no way you could get kids to generate their own 100% error-free English sentences in as short a time as our kids in China did: six months of practice for a mere 45 minutes per week.

[FairfieldLife] Re: One for Card -- Why Chinese user manuals in English are often so weird

2008-02-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Judy, it's not the same at all, but thanks for the link. I didn't provide the link, Barry did. And I know it's not your thing. I was cracking wise, you see.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: One for Card -- Why Chinese user manuals in English are often so weird

2008-02-15 Thread Angela Mailander
Yes, I do see that you were cracking wise (I love that expression you just invented). I just thought I'd take the opportunity to explain what I was actually up to. - Original Message From: authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008

[FairfieldLife] Re: One for Card -- Why Chinese user manuals in English are often so weird

2008-02-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I do see that you were cracking wise (I love that expression you just invented). Can't take credit for it. My father used to use it all the time (and I don't think *he* invented it).