Post by thedahliharpa on Oct 30, 2014 11:42:07 GMT -5
I switch between corporate emails, broken English emails to Asia, texting, posting here, while speaking toddlerease, and I'm a lazy typist. I won't over edit to appease grammar peeves in a conversational setting.
Post by Regina Philange on Oct 30, 2014 11:54:12 GMT -5
I have to agree, that i think the board is pretty well spoken. Even when teamhayes has a few glasses of wine and whips out her ipad, i can understand what she is trying to say.
I've never seen this here ever, but did you guys know i.e. and e.g. mean different things? I learned that two years ago and haven't used either one since. I have an infograph for it though!
This is news to me. Off to google!
A teacher drummed this into my head many, many years ago, and it's totally annoyed me since. Most people use i.e. but really mean e.g.
I tried to teach it to my ELL intern the other day with:
The picture quoting PSA was helpful for me as this is something that I had not considered. I'll try to be more cognizant of it in the future. Also, I'll delete my quotes of your card, Trudy, though I think it would be great if that cuteness lasted forever.
I switch between corporate emails, broken English emails to Asia, texting, posting here, while speaking toddlerease, and I'm a lazy typist. I won't over edit to appease grammar peeves in a conversational setting.
Ha, I completely get that because I bounce between Spanish, English for Asian non-English speakers, English for other non-English speakers, Irish English, and good ol' American English all day.
And don't get me started on Dominican Spanish versus Ecuadorian versus Spaniard...
I have one about my husband and his family. Anyone from his home town really. They add an "s" to the end of store/restaurant names. It drives me bonkers. He will say "I'm going to SubwayS" "Need anything at TargetS?" "Gonna stop by WalmartS". JUST STOP!
I have one about my husband and his family. Anyone from his home town really. They add an "s" to the end of store/restaurant names. It drives me bonkers. He will say "I'm going to SubwayS" "Need anything at TargetS?" "Gonna stop by WalmartS". JUST STOP!
C25K...it works Seaside 5K...........40:45(2012) Turkey Trot..........41:30(2012)/37:08(2013)/37:40(2014) St Pat's 5K..........39:27(2013)/38:48(2014)/35:12(2015) Belair Town Run......38:09(2013)/36:27(2014) Back To Football 5K..37:36(2013)/43:44(2015) Balt Run Fest 5K.....34:59(2013)/41:50(2014)/35:54(2015)
I was going to PSA "on accident" vs "by accident" but apparently both are correct and are based on your age. Which apparently means I speak older than I am because "by accident" is predominately used by those over 35.
Intetesting. I actually wondered if it was a regional thing. "On" sounds so wrong to me, but I did turn 35 this year so I guess I'm old!
does anyone else have people on their facebook who write posts in really terrible english where you are like WTF even though english IS their first language and you know for a fact that when speaking to them in person they talk normally??
Is this an irish thing? several people I know from home post on face book and I often don't know what they are saying. I don't understand why you'd purposefully make yourself look dumb. It must be on purpose? I mean I KNOW people aren't sending work emails in this sort of cringeworthy "slang" talk. they couldn't be!
I have one about my husband and his family. Anyone from his home town really. They add an "s" to the end of store/restaurant names. It drives me bonkers. He will say "I'm going to SubwayS" "Need anything at TargetS?" "Gonna stop by WalmartS". JUST STOP!
Not as I understand it. What follows i.e. should be another way of saying something (i.e., you could replace it with "in other words"). E.g. should be examples. But I don't think about this one too much.
Not as I understand it. What follows i.e. should be another way of saying something (i.e., you could replace it with "in other words"). E.g. should be examples. But I don't think about this one too much.
C25K...it works Seaside 5K...........40:45(2012) Turkey Trot..........41:30(2012)/37:08(2013)/37:40(2014) St Pat's 5K..........39:27(2013)/38:48(2014)/35:12(2015) Belair Town Run......38:09(2013)/36:27(2014) Back To Football 5K..37:36(2013)/43:44(2015) Balt Run Fest 5K.....34:59(2013)/41:50(2014)/35:54(2015)
This kind of thing makes me uncomfortable posting here. My English isn't the best because it's not my first language. I try my best. I type and retype posts so many times because I'm worried someone will "cringe" at my choice of words or grammer. Sorry folks, I'm not perfect.
No. You are excused from all wrong doings forever. Just like I am in German. Horrible, terrifying German.
I just assumed this is what everyone did. What do you say? Take 87 to 287?
Yes!
I think it varies, though! Out here (as you know) you'd say (eg) take 495 to 270. But when I was living in LA it was, take the 10 to the 110. So I don't think it's necessarily a manner of speaking so much as variable depending on which freeways you're talking about.
C25K...it works Seaside 5K...........40:45(2012) Turkey Trot..........41:30(2012)/37:08(2013)/37:40(2014) St Pat's 5K..........39:27(2013)/38:48(2014)/35:12(2015) Belair Town Run......38:09(2013)/36:27(2014) Back To Football 5K..37:36(2013)/43:44(2015) Balt Run Fest 5K.....34:59(2013)/41:50(2014)/35:54(2015)
This is the easiest way for me to process it, too. Personal effects... Noun!
But that's a different definition of the word effect no? Don't confuse people!
LOL yea I guess throwing another definition in there compares things but that is what makes effect/affect so darn complicated!
When deciphering I have this vision of one of my Uncle's cargo trunks from Saudi that says " personal effects". So weird the things the brain latches on to.
Well I will always use "the"! I hate the 17, it goes through towns and you can get stuck behind slow trucks. I will always take the 87 to the 90 to get to Buffalo.
Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed. - G. K. Chesterton
I don't see it as much here, but you don't sale things. You sell them. Or put them for sale. But I will not sale them to you. Nor will I sell them to you if you talk like that.
Unless you have a really thick southern accent...imma sale you sumthin!
OMG the Facebook yard sale groups around here make me cringe so hard.