Has the Code Of Conduct changed? ...again?

[jdow]

From: "Goh Lip" <g.lip at gmx.com>
Sent: Monday, 2010/December/20 03:59


> On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:13:06 +0800, Graham Todd <grahamtodd2 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> It irritates me (and many other native English speakers in England) to
>> have the English language emasculated in this way.  If North Americans
>> want to call their language English, it should conform to the Queen's
>> English and the O.E.D. (Oxford English Dictionary).
>> And if I sound like Disgusted of Maidstone, I am just that!
>
> Blimey! Now don't start that again. :) It's one thing 'bout the lingo, but
> to invent miles, furlongs and inches and settle for kilometres (or is it
> kilometers?) and let others usurp these standards? Harrumph!
>
> Heh heh heh.
>
> To your good cheer, ole chap - Goh Lip
> -- 
> All your engrish are belong to us.

Ah yes, there should be a prize issued for successfully and completely
reading some equipment manuals that were crudely translated from an
oriental language by a non-English speaker.

(And I do admit it would be nice if we blighted Americans were to adopt
metric measurements. But, do remember, Hertz rents cars. Cycles per
second measures frequency.)

{^_-}