On 4/26/06, Timwi timwi@gmx.net wrote:
It's simply that it's extremely rare for a non-native speaker to have absorbed all the culture and reflexes that inform a native speaker. [...] even less-educated native speakers can pick out the foreigners, even though they might not be able to articulate what cues they are noticing.
This might apply to writing novels or translating films or something, but surely not to Wikipedia.
Timwi
Considering the number of problems caused by misunderstandings (cultural or otherwise) it may well apply to wikipedia.
-- geni