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Sat, 27 Mar 1999 11:35:53 -0500 (EST)
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Re: (idm) Ink anecdote for german speaking idmers
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On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Irene McC wrote:
quoted 3 lines I love the Japanese English found in equipment manuals too - one I> I love the Japanese English found in equipment manuals too - one I > saw just yesterday for a new CD player was the warning not to play > 'creaked' CD's.
try *any* roland manual for interesting variations on the english language. the manual for the 202 especially sticks out in my mind as having interesting takes one the words "preset" and "random". yamaha manuals always come across as especially eloquent and flowery (but with an instrument like the VL-1, who's surprised?). * #### a disturbance in a system. #### laerm. @voicenet.com ##:# i think there's something you should know/i think it's time i told you so there's something deep inside of me/there's someone i forgot to be icq: 5562209