Thread: Does Nativity of the writer really matter?

Originally Posted by Grouchy Smurf

for example, hiring a British-English speaking writer to write the content for your modern hip clothing company, but every time he writes "pants", he calls them "trousers"

Also troublesome with Brits, and some of the colonies, are the u's and s's. "Colorize" becomes "Colourise".

Of course, if writing for a British audience, don't hire an American!

But none of that is a tenth as annoying as writers who place the currency symbol to the right of the number. "You can buy a widget for under 100$."

Originally Posted by Will.Spencer

But none of that is a tenth as annoying as writers who place the currency symbol to the right of the number. "You can buy a widget for under 100$."

Again, they're literally translating their thoughts.

"You can buy a widget for under 100 dollars".

I think what they are mostly trying to say is they want people who write with an American standpoint. This means verbiage, grammar, feel, relevance, attitude, culture or whatever you want to call it. We are in the age of awkward writing since the internet is so widespread. Leet speak hurts as well, so some international communities may have the wrong idea of how an English conversation/writing style should flow.