From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Gerry"  wrote in message news:nlr4bk5donibcj73f1f16d7peptbslccjj@4ax.com...   
      
   In discussion with foreign born and educated engineering workmates, I   
   found on average they tended to solve problems by thinking in their   
   mother tongue for a minimum of eight years. This resulted in two   
   transltion processes for every question, often resulting in some   
   hilarious answers. One oriental chap became quite upset with my   
   suggestions about his written output. After a weekend discussion with   
   his undergraduate son, he asked if I would proof read his written   
   work!   
      
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   I had a very hard time explaining in German that I was seeing   
   intermodulation distortion of modem signals on a leased phone line that   
   probably dated from WW2 and changed properties when wet.   
      
   I know only a few words of Asian languages. German and French have multiple   
   meanings and subtle connotations for words that don't all align with those   
   of English. A notorious example was the ambiguous Japanese response to FDR's   
   surrender demand of July 1945 that was taken as a firm rejection which   
   resolved the A-bomb question, as I understand somewhat like "think nothing   
   of" versus "think little of", which are opposites.   
      
   An 80's oriental manual that was passed around engineering for laughs   
   recommended that parts which are exhausted of their lives are to be   
   replaced.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_the_Paranoid_Android   
      
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