RE: FLASH: Interesting site to check out ******

[Williams, Marcus]

Hmmm interesting thought.

"If they're going to speak to me in English, they'd better do it

correctly..."


A teacher is most likely the weak link here. Not the designer him or

herself. When we learn German, Spanish or anything else, we learn this

really crappy, half-ass version of the real language. If one plans to become

fluent in any language, one MUST live in that specific country for a while

and they will realize that what they were taught is garbage. The teachers

themselves are from that nationality.....not from an English speaking

background.


I feel the site was excellent !! If I did a site in Russian, I'm sure I'd

get the same thrashing for my grammatical mistakes from every Russian

designer out there.


(For all of the European designers....my opinion is based on the fact that I

am American and my wife is a Russian, German, French, Spanish, Chinese

linguist.)

Just like everything else. You must surround yourself with a subject and

experience it in order to master it.....and not everyone wants to live here.

;-)


ON THE FLIP SIDE: There are text editors that employ Spell Check.


(***marcus steps down from his soap box and slowly glances into the crowd of

angry designers holding their mice, ready to whip marcus into mash

potatoes***)

Marcus











-----Original Message-----

From: Brian [

mattonebhip [dot] infi [dot] net (mailto:mattonebhip [dot] infi [dot] net)

]

Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 11:04 AM

To:

flasherchinwag [dot] com

Subject: Re: FLASH: Interesting site to check out



> About the great graphics, poor spelling, some of these sites are

> international sites and I would assume (perhaps incorrectly) that their

> grasp of the English language isn't right up there.


I was waiting for someone to say this.

If they're going to speak to me in English, they'd better do it correctly...

I don't care if they're from Beta Pictoris.

You may not be incorrect in your assumption, but it in no way excuses the

mistakes.

It's a damned shame to have such a great-looking site and have it marred by

spelling errors (and I won't go into the "U R" stuff). You can't just pay

attention to one aspect (the graphics) on a website and not give the same

attention to EVERYTHING on the site... as I said, it's inexcusable. A

website is a total package that says something about the person/people who

have put it up, and any fault is a fault, and it colors my impression of

what has been done.


Expect me to call attention to spelling errors in the future whenever I see

them.


-Brian Matthews, Crusader.

;-)



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