Fwd: American English
Dick Margulis wrote:
> Hemang Antani wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am a technical writer working in India for an Indian software product
>> company. I am asked to write in "American English".
>>
>> Can you guide me what is "American English", or "writing for an American
>> audience".
>>
>> Is it about use of specific terminologies or about sentence structure or
>> something else.
>>
>
> I am curious, though, why you applied for and accepted a position that
> requires a language skill you lack. Was this a result of a simple
> misunderstanding or did you assert that you had the skill while
> knowing you did not?
>
>
There is another possibility. The employer may not have realized or
cared about American English or writing for an American audience,
figuring that English is English. If you knew "English" and had an
understanding of the programming, then that was good enough. It's like
us (Americans) thinking that Mexican, Puerto Rican, or Chilean Spanish
is the same as the Spanish spoken in Spain.
Now....if everyone would just speak/write in Esperanto.
Al
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References:
American English: From: Hemang Antani
Re: American English: From: Dick Margulis
Re: American English: From: Al Geist
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