Re: Global English

Subject: Re: Global English
From: Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:45:53 -0800 (PST)


> I was wondering if Simplified English would raise
> it's head in this thread.

Well, it was simple enough to suggest, as I use it in
my daily work. By cutting out idioms, colloquialisms,
and writing in a clear, direct manner, meaning is
seldom "lost in translation".

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