RE: Appalling English

Subject: RE: Appalling English
From: David Downing <DavidDowning -at- users -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 10:58:15 -0500

<<On the other hand, even these bad examples are
better than anything I can do in a second language.>>

Indeed, I've heard that their response to the complaint of bad English is,
"Okay, the English in the manuals for product we export to the U.S. may be
awkward, but at least we provide a manual in English. When you export
products to our country, you don't even give us a manual in our own
language."

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