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Lol amusing.
In Italian generally there aren't that many spelling errors since our spelling is much logical and clearer than English (or French) one: basically you "read how you write".
This doesn't prevent Italians from making awful mistakes: no doubles, forgetting letters or misplacing them and so on.
One think I always found funny was seeing errors in spelling Italian in supposed "Italian restaurants" like "Buonjorno/Buongorno"(instead of Buongiorno) or "Ittalliano" instead of "Italiano" but I bet that using Italian-named restaurant is convenient considering the popularity of Italian cuisine, as such, it's obvious that this sector of marketing is not just restricted to Italian speaking people.
I always found appalling how native speakers can get wrong "your and you're", I mean, I am not a Native speaker but the concept is so obvious I don't see how someone can get it wrong.
I can understand a little bit when I see "then" instead of "than", they are pretty similar, nonetheless the concept behind is simplest and as such I find curious that people still get it wrong.
Nonetheless, mine are just observations, not being a native speakers and considering that my English is full of mistakes, I don't feel entitled myself to judge anyone.
In fairness, I believe some of these errors are due to language barriers. I have a friend who is a native Spanish speaker. She speaks English well, but she mixes up tenses of words and sometimes uses the wrong word. I especially notice this in her writing because she would ask me to read something before she sent it.
I just wanted to point out that not ALL misuse and abuse of the language is due to stupidity.
If every spelling error was brought here, just found on C_D alone, we'd have 200 pages a day in this thread.
One kind of post that I resist bringing attention to is one that is so bad that the entire post is incomprehensible and leaves you saying to yourself "What'd you say????"
Out of generosity, I decide that the poster uses English as a second language (even though I know it's not always the case
This doesn't prevent Italians from making awful mistakes: no doubles, forgetting letters or misplacing them and so on.
One think I always found funny was seeing errors in spelling Italian in supposed "Italian restaurants" like "Buonjorno/Buongorno"(instead of Buongiorno) or "Ittalliano" instead of "Italiano"
A possible explanation for the slaughtering of the Italian language on Italian restaurant menus is the reality that many "Italian" restaurants nowadays are actually owned and operated by Egyptians.
While that may not be the case in your neck of the woods, I can tell you that in the NYC/NJ Metro area, folks from Egypt operate a huge percentage of the pizzerias and casual Italian restaurants, and they likely have very little schooling regarding the Italian language's spelling & grammar.
A possible explanation for the slaughtering of the Italian language on Italian restaurant menus is the reality that many "Italian" restaurants nowadays are actually owned and operated by Egyptians.
While that may not be the case in your neck of the woods, I can tell you that in the NYC/NJ Metro area, folks from Egypt operate a huge percentage of the pizzerias and casual Italian restaurants, and they likely have very little schooling regarding the Italian language's spelling & grammar.
yes I know, that's why I write "supposed".
Once in Bournemouth, in England, we went to Fanelli's pizza thinking it was Italian: it wasn't, it was run by a Turkish and he cooked awfully.
A possible explanation for the slaughtering of the Italian language on Italian restaurant menus is the reality that many "Italian" restaurants nowadays are actually owned and operated by Egyptians.
While that may not be the case in your neck of the woods, I can tell you that in the NYC/NJ Metro area, folks from Egypt operate a huge percentage of the pizzerias and casual Italian restaurants, and they likely have very little schooling regarding the Italian language's spelling & grammar.
I've noticed a small presence of Albanians in Italian restaurants in southern CT(NY Metro), but no Egyptians.
I've noticed a small presence of Albanians in Italian restaurants in southern CT(NY Metro), but no Egyptians.
How does one differentiate between the two?
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