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But learning Kisuaheli this way might become difficult. |
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There's a problem with this, though.
Information and entropy are intimately
related, as are entropy and enthalpy. I
have a horrible feeling that, if you pulp an
instruction manual, you are actually doing
more harm than good. |
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Better yet, get the manufacturer's to stop
being so sloppy. If they can't be arsed to
print me my own manual in my own
language, screw 'em. |
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Pah. Once you're done with the instructions, why keep any of them? Besides, how is "recycling unwanted paper" a new idea? |
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Engineers never read the instructions anyway .... it's an admission of failure. |
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Mind you, the first use of the do-it-yourself plastic surgery kit could have gone better .... |
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I love foreign instructions. They were what got me interested in language in the first place, when i got a copy of Mastermind with the manual in a huge number of languages. I found that more interesting than the actual game. |
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Besides, what about the amusing mistranslations? |
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I like the fact that I can deduce the target market by the languages ommited. It seems the Chinese are buying/manufacturing everything nowadays. There are even Arabic instructions on home brewing equipment. A lot of African languages are represented on cell/mobile phone instructions, yet none on a HDTV set. You think you know fuck all! |
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Recently seen at a chinese "tailor": Drop your pants here for immediate attention! |
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