Survey re the CEFR for Signed Languages in Higher Education

Albert Bickford albert_bickford at SIL.ORG
Mon Nov 12 21:56:16 UTC 2012


Blame it on American dialect.  As an American, I find it just cute. But, 
you're right, if they're operating internationally, they need to be more 
careful; what's cute in one place will come across quite differently 
elsewhere.

Albert Bickford
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On 2012/11/12 12:23 PM, Trevor Jenkins wrote:
> Hi Beppie,
>
> Saw your repost just as I was leaving for an interpreting booking. Now 
> works as I guess you expected.
>
> That Drop Box error is shockingly rude. They need to think about their 
> lexical choices.
>
>> Thank you Trevor for notifying us !
>> I have just posted the message again, hopefully now with all the 
>> right links.
>> Apologies.
>> */Beppie/*
>> *Van:*linguists interested in signed languages 
>> [mailto:SLLING-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU 
>> <mailto:L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU>]*Namens*Trevor Jenkins
>> *Verzonden:*maandag 12 november 2012 11:40
>> *Aan:*SLLING-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU 
>> <mailto:SLLING-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU>
>> *Onderwerp:*Re: Survey re the CEFR for Signed Languages in Higher 
>> Education
>> On 12 Nov 2012, at 08:17, "Beppie van den Bogaerde" 
>> <beppie.vandenbogaerde at HU.NL <mailto:beppie.vandenbogaerde at HU.NL>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Dear colleagues,
>> Within the frame of the European project "ProSign: Signed Languages 
>> for Professional Purposes 
>> <https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/ProSign/Survey/%28http:/www.ecml.at/F5/tabid/867/language/en-GB/Default.aspx%29>"
>> I got the curt and offensive message "It seems you don't belong 
>> here!" from Drop Box when I clicked on that link.
>> Regards, Trevor.
>> <>< Re: deemed!
>
> Regards, Trevor.
>
> <>< Re: deemed!
>

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