On 08/09/2020 05:14 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
Where I worked there was an engineer that came from Germany. We had
trouble understanding what he wanted. He said he spoke perfect English.
One fellow told him he may speak perfect English, but needed to speak
Southern. For example he said he wanted a torch so the mechanics drug
some acelean and oxygen bottles and accessories up to him. Turned out
he relly wanted a flashlight.

That's what happens when you learn English from the English.


I never learned to spell very well. Had it in my head that if I got a
very good job the secetary could take care of all the small stuff and if
not much of a job, I would not be doing any writing. Now we have spell
checkers and they sometimes use the wrong word or spelling.

My brother couldn't spell or type but he never needed to. He didn't know
squat about computers either. That's what secretaries and young
engineers are for. When he started out it was all slide rules and by the
time the technology changed he was too high up the food chain to be
bothered.

His wife sussed out computers enough to find recipes on the internet.