RE: Microsoft pays dear[ly] for insults through ignorance

[Chris Gooch <chris -dot- gooch -at- lightworkdesign -dot- com>]

Lynn Worthen wrote:

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It's not a question of whether or not "bloomer" might have been an
appropriate word choice somewhere. The article was referring to problems
that arose out of lack of attention to detail in localization (which
includes variations in definitions). Using the word "bloomer" in the
article was just another example of that lack of attention. A different word
- one with a consistent meaning across variations of English - should have
been chosen altogether.
+++

I don't see why a British newspaper should pander to American tastes
in English... I know our Prime Minister does what he's told by your
President,
but we're still nominally independent.

:-)

Christopher Gooch, Technical Author
LightWork Design, Sheffield, UK.
www.lightworkdesign.com












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