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Spam as she is spoke

File this in the "puerile humor about furriners and their difficulty with the English language" file:

     From urillaogi@zzzzzzz.co.uk  Wed Sep 18 13:23:29 2002
     Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 13:23:28 -0500
     Reply-To: <letmego@zzz.ru>
     From: "Katlina" <urillaogi@zzzzzzz.co.uk>
     Subject: English must I make well for you?
       
     Hallo,
       
     I wanting to meet man from West Europe/North America/Asian?
     Men in mine Country not so well.
     
     http://www.easygoingcompanionz.com/?oc=9999
Hostnames changed to protect the guilty. Perhaps it's all for show, as some men looking for mail-order brides are said to find lack of a common language an attractive feature in a mate.

Meanwhile, the original English as She is Spoke has been reissued by McSweeney's, the English half is available online, and a comparison with Babelfish is out there as well. I'm sure it would be most helpful in communicating with "Katlina".

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