Confusing automated translators.
Mark 'Kamikaze' Hughes
kamikaze at kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu
Sat Jul 26 06:33:57 EDT 2003
Jack Diederich <jack at performancedrivers.com> wrote:
>My favorite example is comifying a list.
>"1, 2, and 3" vs "1, 2 and 3" (journalist seem to prefer the later)
>"I dedicate this book to my parents, Jane, and God."
>"I dedicate this book to my parents, Jane and God."
The canonical joke example is:
"This book is dedicated to my parents, Ayn Rand and God."
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<a href="http://kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu/~kamikaze/"> Mark Hughes </a>
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Man is unbelievably slow, inaccurate, and brilliant.
The marriage of the two is a force beyond calculation." -Leo Cherne
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