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Bah, humbug!
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Bah, humbug!
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Hang on a tick - you're learning English? From how you type it, I'd've guessed that if you weren't brought up bilingual then you at least learned it at a fairly early age!
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Bah, humbug!
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Am, I was surprised also. I assumed from the way yvanleterrible writes that he'd spoken the language all his life. Instead it turns out that he's another one of the many folks here at MobileRead who have a clear talent for more than one language. I would have never suspected he was not a native speaker had he not told us. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 03-22-2010 at 10:58 AM. |
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![]() I've learned English first from television but I thought learning from reading would have given me a more accurate appreciation of the language. I see now that most writers should learn more of their own language... |
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there must be a canadian version of french to annoy the (erm) French!
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![]() I never use it when writing but it dominates conversations so I'm a staunch defender of it as a Quebecois identity. Especially the swear words; there is such a diversity of them that they're a language in themselves! ![]() |
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My personal vote for a word (or, in this case, 2 words) that should be outlawed goes to "Big Brother." An over-used term good only for fear-mongering, and for taking an otherwise-erudite conversation straight into the gutter.
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I'd like to add -- the practice of adding "speak" as a suffix.
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My pet hate, as in setting teeth-on-edge-hate, is when people use 'you' when they mean to write 'your', as in
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My 8 year old daughter tends to overuse the term "dude." I am starting to get annoyed dude.
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"Ax."
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[QUOTE=poohbear_nc;839286]My top list:
2. awesome - ditto (may the ancient Greek gods smite those misusing this one) QUOTE] d00d! you guys are totally dissing ski instructor speak! I can't hardly describe that most gnarly run! got awesome air! Quote:
you just took the words out of my mouth... or maybe it is "aks". I have never been able to figure out how that gets so twisted |
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