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One tidbit I also heard or read somewhere, though I can't find a reference now, is that the poor grammar and misspelling is often deliberate. The theory behind
by rbritton 9y ago
One tidbit I also heard or read somewhere, though I can't find a reference now, is that the poor grammar and misspelling is often deliberate. The theory behind it is that if a target is willing to overlook that, they're willing to overlook a lot of other stuff.
- danso 9y agoIn addition to having wondered why Nigerian scammers associate themselves with an obvious (to me, and the 99% of general population they don't want to waste time scamming) scam, I've sometimes wondered why decent-size/well-known Chinese restaurants have such obvious typos and grammar errors when they could easily pay for a proofreader (if not have a family member/friend do it for free) to fix things up. Obviously, a restaurant owner does not face the same cost scenario as the Nigerian scammer (nor is he/she trying to scam people), but i wonder if these restaurant owners simply don't care. Or perhaps they are OK with having obvious errors in the menu because it lends to the authenticity of the restaurant (even as it plays into mainstream stereotypes). I imagine I would look differently at the hole-in-the-wall places I eat at if their menus' English were as immaculate as P.F. Chang's.
- koenigdavidmj 9y agoNot your main point, but the thing that seriously impressed me about PF Chang's is that if you have a couple of food allergies, they custom-print a menu of all the things you can eat.