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Great News from Lehmann released today....
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[quote user="iandor"]<P> English asn't all that underatndable; i think this where LGB have gone wrong with their instructions.</P> <P>I also resent your reference to North American English i and my my fellow Australians do not subscribe to what you have said at all and some of the other stuff you have said as well.. Our Asutralian version of English is of quite a high standard and is certainly more true to the proper and correct version; which of course in British English.</P> <P>Rgds Ian </P>[/quote] Hey Ian Have to comment on this; 1 - The average standard of spoken and written English here is not that great (I work in a regulatory role, and have taught at uni/TAFE). 2 - Colloquial Australian English has a well known name - used even in professional circles - "'Strine". (auSTRalIN - E) 3 - To which sub-language of "'Strine" are you referring - Queenslander ("'ay")? Sand Groper?, Welsh?, Victorian?, Crow-eater?, Bush? Taswegian? 4 - To which British English are you referring - Midland, Yorkshire, Cockney, Southern? Please be careful about commenting on my behalf ("my fellow Australians"). I appreciate others efforts to share information, and understand that there will be difficulties in translating between any two languages. Thanks to Elisabeth for translating German - an amazingly hard langauge to pick up, let alone translate into English. Maybe you (Ian) can help LGB with its translations by proofing its English versions before they print it - I'd be happy to provide some advise on assessing instructions for error tolerability and recoverability. My correspondance with LGB suggests they like user feedback and comment. Back to the topic - I am glad LGB has resumed production, and like others, am concerned it will off-shore and loose its quality. I await the arrival of the new OBB 2095, and look forward to running it on the DB&DCR - even if it is the third one!
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