Off topic: multiple personalities, anyone? ناشر الموضوع: Susana Galilea
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Susana Galilea 
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So today I get a mailing from a prominent women's organization, and the blurb on the envelope reads: "When it comes to your health as a women [sic], who can you trust? Really trust?"
Obviously not their designated proofreader, ay ay ay...
Susana Galilea
Accredited Tra... See more So today I get a mailing from a prominent women's organization, and the blurb on the envelope reads: "When it comes to your health as a women [sic], who can you trust? Really trust?"
Obviously not their designated proofreader, ay ay ay...
Susana Galilea
Accredited Translator, English into Spanish
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| | | | Amy Taylor
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| Edit and send it back. | Nov 10, 2005 |
They probably gave you a postage-paid envelope in the bargain. Correct 'women' and 'who' and help them out.
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| | | | Susana Galilea
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بادئ الموضوع | should it be "whom"? | Nov 11, 2005 |
Amy Taylor wrote: They probably gave you a postage-paid envelope in the bargain. Correct 'women' and 'who' and help them out. )
And here I am, casting the first grammatical stone
But I might just follow your advice, I hate to see good causes looking bad...
Susana Galilea
Accredited Translator, English into Spanish
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www.accentonspanish.com
| | | | Tony M
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مترجم الموقع | Another funny blunder... | Nov 11, 2005 |
Our local hospital opened an open-door incontinence clinic, and sent out promotional leaflets referring to it as a "Drip-in Centre"
Seems too co-incidental, but they surely can't have meant it as an unkind joke, so I can only imagine it was Freudian slip, with 'o' being next to 'i' on the keyboard
[Edited at 2005-11-11 01:28]
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Susana Galilea
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بادئ الموضوع | hard to top, Dusty | Nov 11, 2005 |
Dusty wrote: Our local hospital opened an open-door incontinence clinic, and sent out promotional leaflets referring to it as a "Drip-in Centre"
This is just brilliant, whether or not intentional
Susana Galilea
Accredited Translator, English into Spanish
[email protected]
www.accentonspanish.com
| | | | Angus Woo
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| Looks like somebody just let the cat got out of the bag | Nov 11, 2005 |
Dusty wrote: Our local hospital opened an open-door incontinence clinic, and sent out promotional leaflets referring to it as a "Drip-in Centre" Seems too co-incidental, but they surely can't have meant it as an unkind joke, so I can only imagine it was Freudian slip, with 'o' being next to 'i' on the keyboard [Edited at 2005-11-11 01:28]
Come! Drop-in and then Drip-in! :lol:
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