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Subject:Re: TC vs TW From:"Bill Swallow" <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> To:fritillary -at- gmail -dot- com Date:Sat, 10 May 2008 23:53:25 -0400
I've met folks in India who write circles around Brits and Yanks.
Engrish is often produced by poor translation, not native authoring.
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 11:10 PM, <fritillary -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> It doesn't make sense to offshore tech writing. We've all chuckled over the "Engrish" documentation that accompanies cheap products.
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