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Re: Who James Isn't (was:Re: New Castle Sucks (so far...)
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Tue, 11 Jan 2000 05:39:06 GMT
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Jasper Janssen wrote:
> > > I do truly have a proofreader's soul.
> >
> > Ha! We've caught you--proofreaders don't have souls. (At least, I didn't when I was
> > a proofer.)
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> Hmmmm. I suppose you're right. That must be why I disagree with Larry.
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> You know what's really sad? I think I'd be better proofreading english
> than Dutch.
Your job options would certainly be better--Lord knows there's a lot more call for
proofreaders for English than proofreaders for Dutch, because a *much* larger percentage
of the relatively small number of Dutch-speakers are truly fluent in the language.
"If you speak three languages, you're trilingual; two languages, you're bilingual; and if
you speak one language or less, you're American." [one might add 'Australian' to such a
list.] As far as proofing English, I'll see if I can pull out some good brain-twisters
from my own work--the worst part about working with this language is the sheer amount of
confluence in vocabulary. As I understand it, only Mandarin (classic, not modern standard
as much) Chinese is as tangled (or snarled, or knotted, or jumbled--all similar words that
can mean the same thing, or different things, as dictated by context or meter or...).
On the other hand, I can't even read Dutch reliably without a dictionary. Otherwise it'll
just be one big 'ongeluk.' (one of my favourite Dutch words.)
best,
Lindsay
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