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O uh grahmmur nazi! I stand 100% behind my "Jibberish" way of spelling. Most people get what others say on here. Lets forget about college grade grammar. ( It just makes you seem arrogant, and condescending ) All I ask is at least grade school english grammar from these illegals, is that too much to ask? At least I am able to make out what most people are saying without being a(n) grammar nazi.
Well.... when we are discussing language, we are opening ourselves up to scrutiny. I'm quite likely at any given time (as I'm writing) two () switch a homonym, even though eye () no () perfectly well the way it should bee (). I have to be very careful about that. If I right () a post directly about language, oar ( or is that ore?) especially "learning English," I'm almost too () thee () point of being paranoid... because I know their () certainly are "grammar Nazis" hear () that will pounce on the first little slip up and caste () me as a hippopotamus, er, I mean hypocrite.
I'm decent with grammar, but as for speeling (), forget it. I'm not so great at that. Thank the technology gods for spell-check.
You know, my grandmother never could master silent letters in the English language.
For instance she would always say a word like tongue, and pronounce it tong goo.
So, while you are making fun of another's speech/writing skills, guess what
rhymes with tong goo,
You also did ask earlier if it matters if someone who don't know is making fun of you -- and even if I'm making fun of them --- they will never know it because they're not going to be reading a forum that's in English to see this. If they speak English at all, they cannot read and write it. They think they're doing just fine in their own country's language.
Well.... when we are discussing language, we are opening ourselves up to scrutiny. I'm quite likely at any given time (as I'm writing) two () switch a homonym, even though eye () no () perfectly well the way it should bee (). I have to be very careful about that. If I right () a post directly about language, oar ( or is that ore?) especially "learning English," I'm almost too () thee () point of being paranoid... because I know their () certainly are "grammar Nazis" hear () that will pounce on the first little slip up and caste () me as a hippopotamus, er, I mean hypocrite.
I'm decent with grammar, but as for speeling (), forget it. I'm not so great at that. Thank the technology gods for spell-check.
I make a lot of typos -- and sometimes if I type too fast I type their instead of they're or there.
I was checking Mexico City's craigslist -- and came across this one -- now if an American used a term like "chicanasos" especially in the way it's meant in this it would be considered racist.
2007 NISSAN FRONTIER XE - 6 cilindros estandar con sexta, 4 puertas factura a su nombre, nacional reporte de no robo a la mano. Aire acondicionado muy frio, interior enterito. Millas originales, nada de chicanasos, checala en carfax, no andamos bajando las millas. la transmicion automatica en este tipo de troca es comun de que se desconponga, es por eso que cuando la miro estandar siempre me la traigo. Estandar no hay fallas. Perrona impecable, no arriesgues tu dinero antes de comprar checala la mia y veras la diferencia., 66,000 millas, $12,500 dlls o mejor oferta ver datos contacto 152*15*26197, nos ponemos de acuerdo y te la envio para donde estes.
I guess checala is a new word they have in Spanish -- kind of like watchale.
I think I need to learn Spanish well enough that I can speak it in public places just to annoy people like the OP.
Actually, yes. It's great fun. Especially if your skin is ghost-white and you can speak Spanish with virtually no gringo accent. You get a lot of looks from both gringos (disapproval) and Hispanics (approval). I heartily recommend it.
Even more amusing is picking some language that is really exotic (to 'mericans). Have your significant other just stand, listen, and nod his/her head (even if he/she doesn't understand a word of it) as you rattle off an obscure language (Irish, for instance, or Esperanto) in the grocery store line. Great fun, especially if there are militant language Nazis nearby.
I recorded my phone voice mail in Esperanto one time. I had a guy call back later all confused. He thought it was Arabic.
Or what's more fun --- know every word they're saying -- but never let on you can understand them. You can sure find out a whole lot about people that way.
Or what's more fun --- know every word they're saying -- but never let on you can understand them. You can sure find out a whole lot about people that way.
Yep. And pretend like you are not paying attention because you haven't a clue. Sometimes it's hard to keep a straight face, though.
A lot of times speakers of other languages say pretty much anything they like whether it's appropriate in public or not. Generally, they are safe because very few Americans speak other languages (besides English or Spanish). But Spanish speakers tend to do this as well, and I don't think they realize that speaking Spanish is not all that obscure in the US anymore. There are a growing number of born-n-bred Americans that can at least speak and/or understand basic Spanish. It's not as "private" as it once was.
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