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A local restaurant owner was putting the final touches on the signboard for the day's specials. The sign started, "To day Special".

Owner: "You college?", pointing across the street.

Me: "Yes."

"You teach?"

"I'm the dean."

"This good?", pointing to the sign.

Now, I had a choice either to fix the English, which would have been inauthentic for that type of restaurant, or leave it alone. I said, "It fine, look good.".



I have a cardinal rule of not doing business with someone who can't spell what they do. I make an exception for foreigners if they are minimally understandable.

I encourage anyone interested in the English language to read "The Story of English"--especially the chapter on evolving "Englishes" around the world.

"My primary musical instrument is the personal computer."