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**Fetowip** · 03-10-2006, 07:00 AM

See, you're a British woman, Dominican Babe. I understand that even Robert has difficulty telling the British women from the British men upon close visual inspection sometimes. That's just normal.

:: running :: OK. Don't hit me! It was just a joke!

On the serious side I wonder if the program is biased toward one particular form of English or not. I'd bet that it is, and was written for American English. I first tried it out on a few of Chris's posts. She's from South Africa and it did the same thing, male. Probably will show the higher inaccuracy rate, too, on anyone who has picked up English as a second or third language, too. AZB, if he learned English in Pakistan, learned it in an area of the world where it is a very British form that is taught and spoken. But the program seems to be very accurate on the native American English speakers, though.

So, don't be upset. You're still a Babe - you're name tag says so!

Tom (aka XR)

03-10-2006, 07:00 AM	#18
Fetowip Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 548 Senior Member	See, you're a British woman, Dominican Babe. I understand that even Robert has difficulty telling the British women from the British men upon close visual inspection sometimes. That's just normal. :: running :: OK. Don't hit me! It was just a joke! On the serious side I wonder if the program is biased toward one particular form of English or not. I'd bet that it is, and was written for American English. I first tried it out on a few of Chris's posts. She's from South Africa and it did the same thing, male. Probably will show the higher inaccuracy rate, too, on anyone who has picked up English as a second or third language, too. AZB, if he learned English in Pakistan, learned it in an area of the world where it is a very British form that is taught and spoken. But the program seems to be very accurate on the native American English speakers, though. So, don't be upset. You're still a Babe - you're name tag says so! Tom (aka XR)
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