Me Bad English?

Pagan · 2017-04-21, 04:46 AM

Your English is not bad at all, and you and I have chatted about this for several years. I am going to say it is a good bit better than some of the native speakers in fact. You don't make a lot of spelling mistakes either in your posts here or on your sites.

It's easy to misinterpret something in text. Your "listener" doesn't have facial expressions or tone of voice to help them out. There are a ton of little nuances that you miss in text. Even still, I can hardly imagine that you would ever be rude or inappropriate.

I have said it before and will say it again - I will always help out with English especially for the non-English speakers. My English is not perfect (and I am in fact losing a bit of it after living in Finland for over 5 years), but I do try hard to keep my language free of any regional tones. (I do work with a Canadian charity, and always have to remember to use the British spellings when working with them or doing website posts.)

You are always welcome to send me the messages in question and I will see what I can do to mitigate the situation.

So no, your English does not suck. Your bad sentence might be bad grammatically but it makes perfect sense.

2017-04-21, 04:46 AM	#1
Pagan Perverted Empress Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 5,114	Your English is not bad at all, and you and I have chatted about this for several years. I am going to say it is a good bit better than some of the native speakers in fact. You don't make a lot of spelling mistakes either in your posts here or on your sites. It's easy to misinterpret something in text. Your "listener" doesn't have facial expressions or tone of voice to help them out. There are a ton of little nuances that you miss in text. Even still, I can hardly imagine that you would ever be rude or inappropriate. I have said it before and will say it again - I will always help out with English especially for the non-English speakers. My English is not perfect (and I am in fact losing a bit of it after living in Finland for over 5 years), but I do try hard to keep my language free of any regional tones. (I do work with a Canadian charity, and always have to remember to use the British spellings when working with them or doing website posts.) You are always welcome to send me the messages in question and I will see what I can do to mitigate the situation. So no, your English does not suck. Your bad sentence might be bad grammatically but it makes perfect sense. __________________ Is it naptime yet?