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Subject: Re: Thought for the day
At 05:28 AM 26/05/2010, Flato, Gillian wrote:
Dew knot trussed yore spell chequer two fined awl yore mistakes.
Picked this up tonight from a forum where members had been complaining about
the poor spelling in messages there:
I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod
At 05:28 AM 26/05/2010, Flato, Gillian wrote:
Dew knot trussed yore spell chequer two fined awl yore mistakes.
Picked this up tonight from a forum where members had been complaining about
the poor spelling in messages there:
I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was
Clearly we have a great range of international English expertise on this group:
the thought of a collaborative dictionary of phraseology comes to mind. It
would be very useful for those like me who often have to work in another
English dialect: what to say, what not to say.
Many years ago I
Been hearing a radio ad for debt relief (through Chapter 7 bankruptcy!) that
begins:
This is an important announcement to the American public who owe
more than $1 or more in credit card debt. ...
--Guy K. Haas
Software Exegete in Silicon Valley
In addition to alarmed doors, the UK sports a lot of disabled
toilets. Must be a shortage of plumbers!
Graeme Forbes
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On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 4:24 AM, Milton, Cynthia
cynthia.mil...@serco.com wrote:
My local paper yesterday referred to a car being a right-off. And a
brochure published by the Home Office (the UK
My local paper yesterday referred to a car being a right-off. And a
brochure published by the Home Office (the UK ministry for domestic
affairs) about the project I'm working on refers to vehicles being
stationery. The mind boggles.
It could be worse. I remember seeing a newspaper display ad
Sign on door at local medical clinic:
This is not a patient door.
sharon
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was quite different than the UK meaning.
Nadine
--- On Thu, 5/27/10, Sharon Burton sha...@anthrobytes.com wrote:
From: Sharon Burton sha...@anthrobytes.com
Subject: RE: Thought for the day
To: 'Mike Wickham' i...@mikewickham.com, framers@lists.frameusers.com
Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 12:08 PM
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Writer
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 11:54 AM
To: 'Mike Wickham'; framers@lists.frameusers.com; sha...@anthrobytes.com
Subject: RE: Thought for the day
I saw a similar sign in a Glasgow restaurant that said, This door is
alarmed. I thought, How can you
AM
To: 'Mike Wickham'; framers@lists.frameusers.com; sha...@anthrobytes.com
Subject: RE: Thought for the day
I saw a similar sign in a Glasgow restaurant that said, This door is alarmed.
I thought, How can you tell?
Because English is used (quite) a bit differently in the UK, I kept chuckling
As does rooting for your team, in Australia. Expect a few startled looks, then
grins . . .
In case anyone wonders about the tech-writing aspect of this discussion, it's
the many tricky highways and byways of localization even within the English
language.
--Nancy
On May 27, 2010, Syed Zaeem
: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Thought for the day
As does rooting for your team, in Australia. Expect a few startled looks,
then
grins . . .
In case anyone wonders about the tech-writing aspect of this discussion,
it's the
many tricky highways and byways of localization even
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Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 11:33 AM
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Subject: RE: Thought for the day
And don't refer to your waist pouch as a fanny pack. More
:
From: Lea Rush l...@astoria-pacific.com
Subject: RE: Thought for the day
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 2:33 PM
And don't refer to your waist pouch
as a fanny pack. More offended looks ...
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Sent: Fri, 28 May, 2010 12:23:23 AM
Subject: RE: Thought for the day
...or trousers as pants.
Nadine
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Subject: RE: Thought for the day
Rushl...@astoria-pacific.com wrote:
From: Lea Rushl...@astoria-pacific.com
Subject: RE: Thought for the day
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 2:33 PM
And don't refer to your waist pouch
as a fanny pack. More offended looks ...
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/27/10, Writer generic...@yahoo.ca wrote:
From: Writer generic...@yahoo.ca
Subject: RE: Thought for the day
To: 'Mike Wickham' i...@mikewickham.com, framers@lists.frameusers.com,
sha...@anthrobytes.com
Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 12:53 PM
I saw a similar sign in a Glasgow
restaurant
LOL ... obviously I should have read the whole thread before replying!
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Subject: RE: Thought for the day
To: generic...@yahoo.ca, Mike Wickham i...@mikewickham.com,
framers
] On Behalf Of Nancy Allison
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Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Thought for the day
As does rooting for your team, in Australia. Expect a few startled looks,
then
grins . . .
In case anyone wonders about the tech
AM
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Subject: RE: Thought for the day
And don't refer to your waist pouch as a fanny pack. More offended looks ...
-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-
boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Allison
I like miss steaks. ;-)
Bodvar
2010/5/25 Flato, Gillian gfl...@nanometrics.com:
Dew knot trussed yore spell chequer two fined awl yore mistakes.
Thank you,
Gillian Flato
Technical Writer (Software)
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=D
But it would be nice if it found sum. ;)
Nadine
--- On Tue, 5/25/10, Flato, Gillian gfl...@nanometrics.com wrote:
From: Flato, Gillian gfl...@nanometrics.com
Subject: Thought for the day
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com framers@lists.frameusers.com
Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 1:28 PM
IDK WTF u r tlkng abt.
-=Ed.
On Tue, 25 May 2010 10:40:33 -0700 (PDT), Writer generic...@yahoo.ca
wrote:
=D
But it would be nice if it found sum. ;)
Nadine
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Subject: Thought
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