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mansolil
Contributor I
October 5, 2021

Beam marketing email grammar/misspellings?

  • October 5, 2021
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C’mon Sonos - you can do better than this:

“Smarter on the inside and more beautiful on the outisde for exceptional sound all around.” (one sentence to describe the beam and wow, it’s a doozy)

“Jonatan” (no way is that someone’s real name

I’m not a grammar police type person, but geez, I expect better from a company I’m so invested in.  Let me know if you need someone to proof your stuff - I’d be happy to help.  :)

 

 

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    mansolilAuthor
    Contributor I
    October 5, 2021

    All fair points and I actually appreciate the criticism, tongue-in-cheek or not.  Good stuff!  

    “Go Sonos!” (but, do better! :slight_smile: )

      Airgetlam
      Airgetlam
      October 5, 2021

       

      For what it’s worth, I encourage people to avoid using parenthesis of any form, as it can interrupt the flow of the main argument.  And you can forget the closing bracket…..

      And it’s OK to start a sentence with ‘And’, before anyone picks me up on that one.

      My writing must annoy you to no end. For which I apologize (most profusely).  :)

      Bruce
        melvimbe
        melvimbe
        October 5, 2021

         

        For what it’s worth, I encourage people to avoid using parenthesis of any form, as it can interrupt the flow of the main argument.  And you can forget the closing bracket…..

        And it’s OK to start a sentence with ‘And’, before anyone picks me up on that one.

        My writing must annoy you to no end. For which I apologize (most profusely).  :)

         

        I am often annoyed by my own posts when I go back and read them later.  It’s particularly annoying when someone who won’t be named has already found my mistake and posted a correction for clarity that was completely necessary.  Yet it doesn’t seem to be annoying enough for me to consider proofreading before posting.

        Danny
        John B
        October 5, 2021

        For a bit of context, I feel that I should  add that there is a huge amount of technical information on the Sonos Support site and it is well organised, well written and polished, IMO. 

        John B
        October 5, 2021

        My writing must annoy you to no end. For which I apologize (most profusely).  :)

        Haha. As if.

          Airgetlam
          Airgetlam
          October 5, 2021

           

          someone who won’t be named has already found my mistake and posted a correction for clarity that was completely necessary.  Yet it doesn’t seem to be annoying enough for me to consider proofreading before posting.

          That name is Bruce :) 

          I have the same issue, though. The first time I type an answer, it’s clear to me what I mean. When I go back, having received clarification, it’s abundantly evident to me that what I thought made perfect sense didn’t. I’m fortunate to be in the company of those who are not afraid of correcting/guiding/providing their own experience :)

          Proofreading ones own contribution is always challenging, IMHO. Easy to miss the forest for the trees. You write, it makes perfect sense to you at the moment. In retrospect, for me at least, it’s easy to identify where I could have been more voluble, explain more, so that there’s not just an answer, but a reason, and learning so that the person can understand why/how the fix works, rather than just doing it because some random person on the internet says to do X. And I am indeed a random person on the internet.

          Bruce
          Kumar
          October 6, 2021

          C’mon Sonos - you can do better than this:

           

          “Jonatan” (no way is that someone’s real name

           

          Agree with the first, but see Google for Jonatans.

          mansolilAuthor
          Contributor I
          October 6, 2021

           

          Agree with the first, but see Google for Jonatans.

          There were a total of roughly 2000ish Jonatans in the U.S. in the past ~120 years.  The vast majority were in Brazil, about 70,000+.  Sooo, I’m gonna go with spelling error (until Sonos proves me wrong!).  Thanks Google.  And thanks Kumar for making me go look random semi-facts up on the internet.  

            nik9669a
            Senior Virtuoso
            October 6, 2021

             

             

            Agree with the first, but see Google for Jonatans.

            There were a total of roughly 2000ish Jonatans in the U.S. in the past ~120 years.  The vast majority were in Brazil, about 70,000+.  Sooo, I’m gonna go with spelling error (until Sonos proves me wrong!).  Thanks Google.  And thanks Kumar for making me go look random semi-facts up on the internet.  

            Isn’t it wonderful where these forum posts sometimes take us! 
             

            Come on, Sonos rep’s, we need to know: “Jonatan” or a spelling error? 

              Kumar
              October 7, 2021

               

              There were a total of roughly 2000ish Jonatans in the U.S. in the past ~120 years.  The vast majority were in Brazil, about 70,000+.  Sooo, I’m gonna go with spelling error (until Sonos proves me wrong!).  Thanks Google.  And thanks Kumar for making me go look random semi-facts up on the internet.  

              Since we are discussing semi- facts: how can you rule out migrants who changed their name in the US to include the h? Jonatan is used in Scandinavia as well, for example, and folks from there and other such places who came to the US may have fallen in line with general practice of how the name is spelt in the US.

              By the way, don’t hold your breath for a Sonos response.

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