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I am working with a company in Brazil and this is how their last salutation to me read:

Expensive Jon Mason,
....


HA! How great is that? I am expensive in Brazil!!! Wait, does that mean I am an expensive hooker? Do they think since I don't have that annoying "h" that I am first class? Do people in Brazil believe that is how us fat-cat-white-suburban-SUV-Driving-Soccer-Mom-loving-Americans address each other, as Expensive?

Is it mean to pick on a Brazilian or a faulty language converter???

I think I am going to stick with it. Call me Expensive Jon Mason...

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Anonymous said…
Language converters are, by definition, faulty. One of the many reasons computers will never replace humans.
11:46 AM
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