Thread: Informal English usage and possible translation issues
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Old 01-23-2024, 06:28 AM   #75
John F
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Originally Posted by Arconte View Post
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BUT, if this post is to... let's say, to establish which are the correct ways to address eachother respectfully, to not be "mean" without noticing and to how to start a thread, then it couldn't be more wrong. If this is the reality, which I hope it is not, I picture Sheldon Cooper looking absolutelly focused at the deeps of the screen, trying to write the most rational point to try to discover what's hidden in the unscrutable valley of emotions and social interactions

The solution it is very simple: One have to assume people with whom is interacting in a forum, specially a forum dedicated mostly to books and book's reading devices, is people that is there willingly to get along with each other. Also, to assume all that people is from around the world and have different ways of speaking, thinking and, of course, personalities. If points 1) and 2) are clear, then the forum open itself as a place of concord and happines, and when there is something one don't understand the meaning of, he/she/it doesn't get angry instantly, because his/hers/its mind would first think probably it is nothing rude, because, why would someone be rude in a books forum?

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To me, if I was to take your quote to heart, I wouldn't start off my first post in a thread with "I can't respect ...".

It is hard for me to reconcile your first paragraph above with:

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Personally, I can't respect so much people who listen audiobooks It is like there is something they didn't undestandx. Reading it is not just the adquiring of information, it is the whole process of concentrating enough to read and understand the words, to dive into the scenes the book is creating, to catch how the author wrote every sentence in order to express everthing the way he/she wanted, etc To just listen to an audiobook is like joining the reading experience with consumism.

If someone wants to get distracted, he/she can go to watch series and lose their time, but it he/she wants to have a present moment, must catch a book.

That's all I wanted to say
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