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Trey Jones írta:
> Hey everyone,
>
> For all of you wondering why Keith got that coveted Senior Editor position (he'll be chair of the linguistics department of the University of South Arizona, any decade now)—it's because he sends me about a hundred good ideas for SpecGram a year, and usually works on 5 or 10 of them the same year. Every once in a while, I go back through the list of things I haven't gotten to and see what looks promising.
>
> Here's a good one, not even a year and a half old!
>
> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: Keith Slater <Keith_Slater@sil.org>
>> Date: January 28, 2007 10:07:41 AM EST
>> To: Trey Jones <Trey@specgram.com>
>> Subject: self-jabs
>>
>> Hey,
>>
>> how about a series of letters from members of our "international
>> advisory board". These would all be in non-English languages, and would
>> be extremely uncomplimentary. We'll print them as though they are
>> ringing endorsements, but they will be insulting.
>>
>> I'll write one in Chinese (which will have the added benefit of being
>> poorly composed, if not outright ungrammatical). We can ask our esteemed
>> editorial board to come up with some others.
>>
>> Keith
>
> So, I've got letters to the editor lined up for a few issues, but this would make a good collection for later this year. So, please write something not very complimentary about SpecGram in a non-English language in which you can at least mostly string sentences together.
>
> To set the bar particularly low, here's my weak offering in Spanish (with translation). If we need to set the bar lower, I could mangle some French even worse.
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> Estimados Editores,
>
> Su diario es una vergüenza. ¿Qué fue ese pieza horrible de los eres [www.specgram.com/CXLIX.4/05.jones.erre.html]? Por favor, sólo publican artículos en español decente o simplemente mantenganse alejado de nuestra hermosa lengua. ¡Dejar solo el resto de las lenguas romances, también!
>
> Ricardo Sancho Fernando de Aragón y de Castilla García con Queso, Conde de Alburquerque
> La Junta Consultiva Internacional de Gramático Especulativo.
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> Dear Editors,
>
> Your journal is a disgrace. What was that horrible piece about the Rs? Please, only publish articles in decent Spanish or simply stay away from our beautiful language. Leave the rest of the romance languages alone, too!
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> -Trey
>
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