[Dx-qsl] Choice of Word(s)

Wed Apr 27 16:21:25 EDT 2011

Agree !!! I was using the Google translator for an email I had received 
recently. I was SHOCKED at what was being said to me! At the end, the 
words....all my best my dear friend Ken... came out. Yep, after I received 
the next one boy did things mellow. I think the sentence structure for some 
circumstances in some languages can "force" certain word usage that isn't 
really meant. This fellow bent over backwards doing me a favor and I didn't 
see where all the "attitude" was coming from. Now I do....just language 
differences.
73
Ken
WA8JOC
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From: "Carey Magee (K2RNY)" <k2rny at frontiernet.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 15:55
To: "DX QSL Posts" <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] Choice of Word(s)
>>> Exactly. English is usually not the primary language and if used, most 
> language translators are marginal at best. The person who wrote it could 
> have meant 'ask', but got translated as 'demand'.
>>>> 73,
> Carey
>> Mr. Carey Magee, K2RNY
> Rochester, NY
> http://www.qrz.com/db/k2rny
> ==================================
>> ----- "Murray Green" <mgreen at erols.com> wrote:
>>> The following was extracted from the QRZ.com TO2FH dxpedition page
>> concerning how to obtain their QSL card:
>>>> '.......The first one is a double colorful QSL with many pictures
>> taken
>> during the dx-pedition and the full team. If you wish to order it,
>> you should choose the first Paypal option and we demand a minimum
>> credit of US$ 7.00. The second one is a single QSL with a colorful
>> side
>> and a
>> black/white opposite side and you should choose the second Paypal
>> option and we demand a fixed credit of US$ 2.00. If you love
>> dx-peditions,
>> help us to continue planning new dx-peditions to interesting places.
>>>> Any donation is highly regarded! Bear in mind that costs of a
>> dx-pedition like this
>> one are really high and a tiny donation will be a big
>> support...................'"
>>>> My first reaction after reading the second and third lines was that
>> the
>> word "demand" was somewhat forceful and overbearing. However, after
>> some
>> consideration I came to the conclusion that the writer was probably
>> taught that the word is not as vitriolic as I perceived it. The bottom
>>>> line::
>> "Hey Murray don't jump to conclusions especially in the world of DX".
>>>> 73, Murray, K3BEQ
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