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Maria Conlon - 27 Jul 2009 23:34 GMT

From a letter received yesterday (from a travel group supervisor):

"[We] will be implementing a new check-in procedure.... Upon arrival at
[destination] *we will speech each bus* on where and when check-in will
take place."

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Ray O'Hara - 27 Jul 2009 23:36 GMT

> From a letter received yesterday (from a travel group supervisor):
>
> "[We] will be implementing a new check-in procedure.... Upon arrival at
> [destination] *we will speech each bus* on where and when check-in will
> take place."

Was it mangled in translation?

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Maria Conlon - 27 Jul 2009 23:51 GMT

>> From a letter received yesterday (from a travel group supervisor):
>>
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> Was it mangled in translation?

I doubt it. The folks who work for the travel service are all Americans
(as far as I know) and are not speakers of English as a Second Language.
I'd be surprised if they outsource their letter-writing or -typing.

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John Dean - 28 Jul 2009 00:40 GMT

>>> From a letter received yesterday (from a travel group supervisor):
>>>
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> Second Language. I'd be surprised if they outsource their
> letter-writing or -typing.

Oh. I thought English *was* a second language for Americans ... <ducks>

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CDB - 28 Jul 2009 03:31 GMT

>>>> From a letter received yesterday (from a travel group
>>>> supervisor): "[We] will be implementing a new check-in
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> Oh. I thought English *was* a second language for Americans ...
> <ducks>

For Donald, certainly. Is there any chance the writer might be trying
to distinguish between speeching and texting?

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Pat Durkin - 28 Jul 2009 01:07 GMT

>>> From a letter received yesterday (from a travel group supervisor):
>>>
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> Second Language. I'd be surprised if they outsource their
> letter-writing or -typing.

Sure looks as though some jargon got loose from the corral. Hope they
wrassle them down before someone gets hurt!

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Ray O'Hara - 28 Jul 2009 03:17 GMT

>>> From a letter received yesterday (from a travel group supervisor):
>>>
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> (as far as I know) and are not speakers of English as a Second Language.
> I'd be surprised if they outsource their letter-writing or -typing.

They outsource everything these days.

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Roland Hutchinson - 28 Jul 2009 01:17 GMT

Obviously the writer mispeeched.

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R H Draney - 28 Jul 2009 03:40 GMT

Maria Conlon filted:

>From a letter received yesterday (from a travel group supervisor):
>
>"[We] will be implementing a new check-in procedure.... Upon arrival at
>[destination] *we will speech each bus* on where and when check-in will
>take place."

Speech the speaking, I pray you....r

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Roland Hutchinson - 28 Jul 2009 06:06 GMT

> Maria Conlon filted:
> >
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> Speech the speaking, I pray you....r

No, no, no: speaking is _spoke_.

You mean, "Speech[1] the speechification..."

[1] Quarto reading: "Speachify"

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