11.961, Qs: English Spelling Errors,The meaning of "Vision"

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Subject: 11.961, Qs: English Spelling Errors,The meaning of "Vision"

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Date:  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 16:56:45 +0300
From:  "Dr. Maher Bahloul" <mhb1 at ksu.edu.sa>
Subject:  English Spelling Errors by Native French, Chinese or Hebrew speakers

2)
Date:  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 10:10:30 -0700
From:  Kristin Cooper <Kristin.Cooper at veritas.com>
Subject:  The meaning of the word "vision" in languages other than English

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 16:56:45 +0300
From:  "Dr. Maher Bahloul" <mhb1 at ksu.edu.sa>
Subject:  English Spelling Errors by Native French, Chinese or Hebrew speakers

Dear friends & colleagues,
I would really appreciate it if you could point to some references
dealing with English spelling errors from learners whose mother tongue
is French, Chinese or Hebrew.
Dr. Maher Bahloul
King Saud University
College of Languages and Translation
mhb1 at ksu.edu.sa


-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 10:10:30 -0700
From:  Kristin Cooper <Kristin.Cooper at veritas.com>
Subject:  The meaning of the word "vision" in languages other than English


Hi all-

We are trying to decide on a name for a conference and want
to make sure it doesn't mean anything undesirable in any
other language (like it did last year...)

So the question is, does "Vision" mean anything in any other
language? I am conducting a dictionary/translation search,
but I am concerned about slang definitions.

If you know if it DOES, or DOES NOT, please respond to
kriscoop at yahoo.com and let me know:

1. what language
2. what it means (or if it means nothing...)

thanks in advance for your help!

- kristin





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