I can't take it anymore. Part 2 (sentence, grammar, quote)
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That is why I try to avoid posting anything written by somebody who is clearly a non-native speaker.
Yes, and there are a couple of regular posters who said up front they are dyslexic but they bravely post on, and we learn to just ignore what's a genuine physical limitation. I am not going to mock them.
Yes, and there are a couple of regular posters who said up front they are dyslexic but they bravely post on, and we learn to just ignore what's a genuine physical limitation. I am not going to mock them.
My son couldn't tie his shoes or tell time on an analog clock until he was about eight years old. Frankly, I was very worried about him. His Neurologist was amazed that he appeared "normal" and could walk and chew gum at the same time. He finally found his groove. He fixes things. He fixes everything--cars, computers, plumbing, electrical problems, and he has a few woodworking skills. His cursive writing and printing was so bad in middle school and high school that his teachers allowed him to type, keyboard, and send assignments via email. Sorry, I'm off topic.
If you read a lot of forum writing, you soon learn to discern the odd typo or non-native speaker from the lazy, uneducated, careless and uncaring fool who prefers to inflict their written communication style on many thousands of pairs of eyes and the poor suffering brains behind them.
Unless it's obvious I'm not going to know. I've already passed up a couple of good ones that are possibilities. God forbid I do it again and continue causing comments from those who wouldn't dream of posting any such thing.
I'm not sure if this is the correct thread/category, but there's one that's been irritating me the last few years. I first heard it in person and on local t.v. commercials, but it also comes from some well-known celebrities so it can't be just a local thing.
The habit of making it sound like there's an 'e' before the double-o and long-u sounds.
It's awfully difficult to explain, but 'food' kinda sounds like 'f e ood,' 'tune' sounds like 't e une,' etc.
Is this another dopey trend that's sweeping the nation, or what?
I'm not sure if this is the correct thread/category, but there's one that's been irritating me the last few years. I first heard it in person and on local t.v. commercials, but it also comes from some well-known celebrities so it can't be just a local thing.
The habit of making it sound like there's an 'e' before the double-o and long-u sounds.
It's awfully difficult to explain, but 'food' kinda sounds like 'f e ood,' 'tune' sounds like 't e une,' etc.
Is this another dopey trend that's sweeping the nation, or what?
All it takes is for enough people to begin such pronunciation and some of those hearing it will adapt it and the rest is history.
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It was a young teenage neighbor who wanted to earn some extra money by looking after kids.
