Miata Mailing List: June 1996, Message #111
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   From: Allan 
Subject: Language bashing
   Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 17:08:25 -0400

At 15:10 3-06-96 -0400, Oleg wrote:
>
>Uh, Guys?
>
>Paul was expressing a perfectly valid opinion in, perhaps, less than perfect
>English. So what? Being a non-native speaker myself, I don't believe that
>making steretypical fun of someone for whom English is a second language is
>particularly productive, especially on this list, which, IMHO, maintains a 
>strong spirit of comaraderie.
>
>Just my two kopecks,

Good call Oleg
Have we really stooped to this level now ? Maybe we can divide the
list-subscribers into sections, those with perfect English get to submit
their immortal ramblings, those who make the occasional boo-boo only get to
read the mail.
I too find Paul's letters sometimes hard to comprehend, but he writes a lot
better than most of my students who are majoring in foreign languages.
Anyway he gets his point, which are often valid, across to everyone and
anyone willing to put a little bit of effort into it.
James Joyce, one of the great literary minds of our time was a notorious bad
speller, his stream-of-consciousness technique didn't allow him to 'waste
time' searching for spelling mistakes. When someone is so ardently concerned
with the future of the Miata it's easy to slip up. I am sure that the few
reactions were only ment as a little stab and are by no means representative
for this family of friend we call 
the miata list


he he vented at last...
Allan
defender of the ten thumb club, the tongue twisted and the grammaticaly impaired





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