There was an exchange of letters in the Independent newspaper a
couple of weeks ago about the propensity of certain US citizens to
treat Brits as non-English speakers. A professor from a university
in London had a paper returned after a long delay with the note
attached (I paraphrase): "The staff of the University of ... are
unable to deal with submissions by non-native English speakers".
My squadron commander at MacDill AFB had difficulty with some of my
expressions when I wrote performance reports on some of the pilots on
my flight... ;-)
Chris
At 21:36 +0100 13/01/03, fischerchristian wrote:
Le lun, 13 jan 2003, vous avez écrit :
From Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>...with one or more foreign languages -- usually French -- in
>addition to English....
Since the list can be seriously OT these days, and at the risk of
starting a flame war: what's foreign about French??? I always thought
it was a domestic language, since the early 17th century :-) .
Oui, je suis d'accord ... ;-)
Christian
Seriously, though: wouldn't US/Canada packaging have English, French,
and possibly Spanish as a matter of course? And German and various
Scandinavian languages, when sold in Minnesota?
ObOM: my OM-1MD, purchased in Montreal, came with both English and
French instructions.
Michael
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