Survey re the CEFR for Signed Languages in Higher Education

[Shelley Dufoe]

I second what Albert wrote.  I am also an American and when Dropbox 
gives me the message "It seems you don't belong here!" it elicits a 
smile or a chuckle.  They are definitely trying to be cute, not rude or 
offensive.  That said, it would be good if they were made aware that 
they /are/ offending Europeans by their non-standard access denied message.

Shelley Dufoe

On November 12, 2012 at 3:56 p.m., Albert Bickford wrote:
> 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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