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Leopard dual displays = disaster

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Got 2 displays? Got Mac OS X Leopard? You are burnt!

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Hoping that they don't speak the way they write

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Many many years ago, British has, well, reached India. British took something from Indians, Indians did take from British. English have left, but they have forgotten English in there, which today bleeds, suffers. As far as I know, nearly all India and Pakistan can speak English, as they are former British colony.

I am quite frustrated about the way they use English, however. I think the major reason behind blogging is frustration, and here is mine; bad English make any piece of text horrible.

Some words I have collected:
plz, u, ur (sometimes for "you are" as well), no1, every1, y, cuz, b4, l8r (well, I was using this as a "nick name" on IRC :D and it was changing to "c_u_l8r" when I was away), wat (just one letter for God's sake!), waz (for both "what's" and "was")...

What does it have to do with Indians and Pakistanis?
Believe it or not; one of my best friends is Indian, sitting next to me. He's a really good person, speaks and writes very good English. I have one more Pakistani friend and lots of Pakistani friends especially in London. Well, almost all pieces of text contain sentences formed with above words are authored by either an Indian or a Pakistani.

Also, I recall Microsoft Support Center clip - hilarious! So some of them really do speak terrible English, as you can see from the video.
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