Excuse me, I'm not an incomplete person!
Tuesday, March 14, 2006

W. & J. Brophy, of Sydney, wrote to SMH that they saw a sign in a temple, during a visit to China, pointing out the disabled access -
Incomplete Persons Passage
They also cited this in a promotional brochure for a hotel in Kunming -
The staff of the hotel is always ready to warmly hospitalise any visitor to the hotel with thoughtful and considerable service.
While staying in a hotel in Guanzhou, a friend was puzzled by a sign posted in his hotel room -

Water boiled is good enough to drink

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Each language articulates or organises the world differently because different cultures take on different emotions and attitudes when they conceptualise their experiences or ideas and these are transmitted through their languages. We must be equipped with an intercultural awareness besides the language itself because target readers’ expectations differ by their linguistic conventions as well as their cultural norms...
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