as we all know, this is an international forum bringing people together in a common love of food and cooking, involving foods, cultures and languages from all over the world - hence the title and the tagline for this forum, which i believe do a great job of describing our "mission."

 

first - i want to say that my compliments and respect go out to ALL of our non-american members. each and every one of you is to be commended for your contributions, because you are living in and enjoying the food of places that i can only dream of visiting. i am also very appreciative to all of you that you take the time to make your posts in english - because your english is better than my french/german/italian/romanian/dutch/afrikaans/spanish etc. will ever be - so thank you!

 

naturally, with so many different languages and cultures coming together, there are going to be translation and spelling errors or misunderstandings at times, or the meanings of certain colloquialisms might not be apparent. this is natural and to be expected, and in my opinon there is no shame attached to them. in fact, i make many typing and translation errors myself, and if this happens, i want to correct them.

 

what is important, as far as the forum is concerned, is this: if there are errors, they should be corrected so as to make this forum a better resource for everyone. on the "flip-side," there is a risk that sometimes hurt feelings can result where no insult is intended. this should be a congenial and friendly forum for all members, so let us see if we can avoid these potential conflicts together, ok?

 

if anyone notices an error from another member, please feel free to politely bring it to someone's attention so that it can be corrected. if you do not feel comfortable informing the member or bringing up the issue in open forum, please let me know via PM and i will be happy to look into it. it is my hope that this solution will help to avoid any potential conflicts that might arise from misunderstandings or "lost-in-translation" incidents.

 

my sincere thanks to each and every one of you for your assistance in this. my goal, which is in tandem with the mission of this forum, is that we build a reference library and friendly community together for people all over the world to benefit from, regardless of background - where people can easily learn to cook each other's food. food is the one things that we all have in common, without borders or language, and the sharing of food is symbolic around the world with hospitality, friendship and good times. let's try to keep that goal in mind here, ok?

 

if anyone has any questions, please feel free to let me know.

 

thank you -

 

ron

on a serious notes i am  terrible at Spelling and i will appreciate all your comments and Correction

 

on the internet, with different languages, it's sometimes hard for people to get ideas across, or mistakes will be made where none are intended. as i said, there should be no shame in honest mistakes, and the important thing, for the good of the forum and our mission, is to get them corrected. i'm not going to notice them all, so i do appreciate everyone's assistance in pointing them out.

 

thanks!

 

Thank you for the well thought out and well written Memorandum to the Members that you posted.

 

I always try to remember, "It is not what is said, it is HOW it is said" ...

 

Have a lovely Sunday,

Ciao, Margi.  

 

 

 

also, it wouldn't be a bad idea to take a look here as well:

 

http://foodsoftheworld.activeboards.net/all-new-members-please-read_topic393.html" rel="nofollow - http://foodsoftheworld.activeboards.net/all-new-members-please-read_topic393.html

 

thanks, everyone ~

 

ron

Punctuation, spelling and upper and lower case do matter as I'll show in this example.

Let's say you're out at your aunt and uncle's farm for the weekend and go riding.

You get back and decide to:

Help your Uncle Jack off a horse 

or

help your uncle jack off a horse

quite  a difference