Miata Mailing List: June 1996, Message #278
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   From: Matthew Hess 
Subject: Re: EuropeansAustralasians not getting a look in
   Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 18:30:27 -0400

Will Errington , said:

>Hello,
>
>Being based in London (England) I read the first "How Mazda screw up"
>whilst I was at work last night (due to the time difference etc). I
>also read the pathetic rejoinders. As usual, I receive the bulk of
>your communications the following morning, and was gratified to see
>the reaction of Maiata.net to this low-brow sniping. I have to say, I
>was going to end my subscription (don't all shout at once) when the I
>read the second "clever" mail, which went a long way to providing plenty
>of prejudical "Bloody Yanks" material to the whole of my rather large
>and, hell, liberal department. A few pre-conceptions on the isolationism
>and arrogance of the American People were embedded. However, it was
>wonderful to read the prompt reactions of the vast majority of the
>Miata-owning (and computer using) netters which quickly dispelled these
>worries.

Well, we Yanks can and often do get out of hand in such matters. I think it 
comes mostly from not dealing with a wider array of cultures than we do. At 
least we're not all like that. :)

FWIW, I can well appreciate what it's like to learn a foreign language. 
(Especially the ones not based in Europe, specifically Japanese.) English is 
not as easy to speak as you might think! :)

>But, it does sometimes seem that the American contingent of the "Universal
>Miata site" does neglect its international chums. This is, I suppose,
>understandable due to the (apparently) quite large differences between
>specs. from country to country. However, the basics, I'm sure, remain the
>same and it would be great if some of the wise heads out there could
>provide a bit feedback for our antipodeal chums!

I'll take you up on that one! I would be much more than glad to put 
information up on MX-5/Miata/Roadsters outside the U.S. on the Miata Shrine. 
The wilder the better! If anyone out there is interested or you know of 
someone else, let me know. I would need some decent quality photos and 
description, etc...

>Does this count as Miata content?

Much more than many of the other strings around here. :^)

>Take care all PC guys and girls :>]
>
>Will Errington (who is quite willing to call his MX-5 a Miata in the cause
>of New Internationalism).
>
>96 1.8i BRG (Razz Wagon II)  


Matt Hess
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BTW...)
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