World is Falling Apart Thread (Locked forever)

[ZeroAX]

(Don't correct my grammar in a post that seems antagonistic to me, all it does is make me more pissed.)

That wasn't antagonistic. But this one is going to be:

1) I make tons of mistakes too, but as a non native English speaker it gets to me when English speaking people can't learn the difference between where and were and your you're it's and its.....it's your language, if we try to learn to speak it correctly you should too.

and 2) seriously, you get pissed of by something this small? :S. I know Americans are "super polite" but seriously mate I wasn't trying to argue with you, I was having a discussion.

[pepharytheworm]

(Don't correct my grammar in a post that seems antagonistic to me, all it does is make me more pissed.)

1) I make tons of mistakes too, but as a non native English speaker it gets to me when English speaking people can't learn the difference between where and were and your you're it's and its.....it's your language, if we try to learn to speak it correctly you should too.

I wonder if those that learn Greek feel the same way about your native speakers?

[ZeroAX]

I wonder if those that learn Greek feel the same way about your native speakers?

Hm.....if they could actually learn to speak it well enough probably yes, but it's too big a pain for most people to get to that point.

But the thing with Greek is that it's impossible to make grammar mistakes cause it's so strict, and it's impossible to make syntax mistakes cause it's so loose, but what is veeeeeeeeeeeeery common are spelling mistakes (5 Is, 2 Os, 2 Es and 2 Gs make spelling a pain).

[Forlorn Drifter]

(Don't correct my grammar in a post that seems antagonistic to me, all it does is make me more pissed.)

That wasn't antagonistic. But this one is going to be:

1) I make tons of mistakes too, but as a non native English speaker it gets to me when English speaking people can't learn the difference between where and were and your you're it's and its.....it's your language, if we try to learn to speak it correctly you should too.

and 2) seriously, you get pissed of by something this small? :S. I know Americans are "super polite" but seriously mate I wasn't trying to argue with you, I was having a discussion.

I read the whole post as antagonistic to me, so that's why I got upset.

I understand your reasoning, I'm just very touchy about having my grammar corrected, seeing as I grew up using improper grammar because that is what I learned at home and what I heard. I've always been touchy as hell about it. I should pay more attention when typing, but it was just a slight screw up from my PCs autocorrect. I just really get aggravated by it. I've always used double negatives, words "that don't exist" despite have dictionary definitions, etc. Having various people jump all over me for it all my life makes me extremely touchy about it.

And non-native speakers tend to have better grammar than native speakers, depending on how native speakers learned it, and any dialect differences. I found out quickly that the proper, Spain based Spanish I learned in class did nothing to help with most of the Spanish speakers I know. Putting verbs in form throws some of the folks I know off.

And I will say,

[Michi]

And non-native speakers tend to have better grammar than native speakers, depending on how native speakers learned it, and any dialect differences. I found out quickly that the proper, Spain based Spanish I learned in class did nothing to help with most of the Spanish speakers I know. Putting verbs in form throws some of the folks I know off.

Yeah. I found this out when I was learning Spanish in high school. We had a couple of exchange students in class and they were both like, "Yeah.... We don't actually talk like that."

Well, what the f*&# am I learning it like this for then?

And I will say,

What? What? You'll say what? Oh my God, you didn't finish your thought! Why didn't you finish your thought!?

[dsheinem]

I speak every language BUT Greek. Go ahead and test me.

[ZeroAX]

I speak every language BUT Greek. Go ahead and test me.

Nasilsin arkadasim? Ben Yunanistan denim, sen?

[dsheinem]

I speak every language BUT Greek. Go ahead and test me.

Nasilsin arkadasim? Ben Yunanistan denim, sen?

That's all Greek to me.

[ZeroAX]

That's all Greek to me.

Με απογοητεύεις

He's a professor and he can't tell Greek and Turkish apart. tch tch tch.

[dsheinem]

That's all Greek to me.

Με απογοητεύεις

He's a professor and he can't tell Greek and Turkish apart. tch tch tch.

I do actually recognize Greek and have had to read some in the past..."It's Greek to me" is a well known saying...