[Dx-qsl] Choice of Word(s)

[Richard J. Fiero II W5TFW]

You all remember that if I ever get drunk !    :-)


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Scheper" <kenshep at one.net>
To: "Carey Magee (K2RNY)" <k2rny at arrl.net>; "DX QSL Posts" 
<dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] Choice of Word(s)


> Agree !!!  I was using the Google translator for an email I had received
> recently.  I was SHOCKED at what was being said to me!  At the end, the
> words....all my best my dear friend Ken... came out.  Yep, after I 
> received
> the next one boy did things mellow.  I think the sentence structure for 
> some
> circumstances in some languages can "force" certain word usage that isn't
> really meant.  This fellow bent over backwards doing me a favor and I 
> didn't
> see where all the "attitude" was coming from.  Now I do....just language
> differences.
> 73
> Ken
> WA8JOC
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Carey Magee (K2RNY)" <k2rny at frontiernet.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 15:55
> To: "DX QSL Posts" <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] Choice of Word(s)
>
>>
>>
>> Exactly.  English is usually not the primary language and if used, most
>> language translators are marginal at best.  The person who wrote it could
>> have meant 'ask', but got translated as 'demand'.
>>
>>
>>
>> 73,
>> Carey
>>
>> Mr. Carey Magee, K2RNY
>> Rochester, NY
>> http://www.qrz.com/db/k2rny
>> ==================================
>>
>> ----- "Murray Green" <mgreen at erols.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The following was extracted from the QRZ.com TO2FH dxpedition page
>>> concerning how to obtain their QSL card:
>>>
>>> '.......The first one is a double colorful QSL with many pictures
>>> taken
>>> during the dx-pedition and the full team. If you wish to order it,
>>>  you should choose the first Paypal option and we demand a minimum
>>> credit of US$ 7.00. The second one is a single QSL with a colorful
>>> side
>>> and a
>>>  black/white opposite side and you should choose the second Paypal
>>> option and we demand a fixed credit of US$ 2.00. If you love
>>> dx-peditions,
>>>  help us to continue planning new dx-peditions to interesting places.
>>>
>>> Any donation is highly regarded! Bear in mind that costs of a
>>> dx-pedition like this
>>>  one are really high and a tiny donation will be a big
>>> support...................'"
>>>
>>> My first reaction after reading the second and third lines was that
>>> the
>>> word "demand" was somewhat forceful and overbearing. However, after
>>> some
>>> consideration I came to the conclusion that the writer was probably
>>> taught that the word is not as vitriolic as I perceived it. The bottom
>>>
>>> line::
>>> "Hey Murray don't jump to conclusions especially in the world of DX".
>>>
>>> 73, Murray, K3BEQ
>>>
>>>
>>>
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