Most people just think ZAZA WTF
Most people just think ZAZA WTF
Some days, it's just not worth chewing through the restraints
That's an interesting point. It changes what different nationalities regard is a polite request. I work with a few Polish people and while this is in no way an attack on them its an example of the point I am trying to make. One of these Polish colleagues is a warehouse administrator and quite often has to get me to rob parts for field engineers. He might say
Can you rob this part.
That's it no please or thank you, I once questioned why and the explanation was that typically the English use please and thank you too often. In his opinion 'can' is a polite way of saying 'will you' so adding please or thank you would be superfluous.
So if he posted here and needed a service manual his idea of a polite request may be,
Can I have a manual for....
Last edited by skynet; 02-24-2012 at 07:42 PM.
How true !
It's a crying shame that our schools don't spend much time on "English" anymore. Heck, some kids can barely read, and these are some of the MATH whiz kids in college.
Here in the US we have so many different dialects ( Southern ,Northern, Redneck, Hillbilly, Yuppie, Yankee, Eastern, Western, Boston, Californian, ... well you get the idea ) that English is just the ROOT language.
That's one reason my job is fun....I get to talk to people all over the US.
"The Serenity Prayer" . . .
God grant me the serenity to accept stupid people , the courage to not waste my time and energy on them , and the wisdom to know that I cannot fix STUPID .
Zaza, isn't that the inventor of "Frimwar"?
Hans
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How about Tinny J..he was another one always wanting free everything and never contributed..E
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