[WikiEN-l] Babel template en-5

[geni]

On 4/26/06, Timwi <timwi at 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.

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geni