English

[roadrash]

what really annoys is when spoken , " th" is replaced with "f ",as in fing ,baff and teef etc . dont know why but it really boils my p!ss

 

[Longshot]

Though it should be noted from your posting that you do believe in spaces before exclamation marks.

D'oh!

 

[Marshmallow_Fluff]

I guess I must have contributed to your frustration!
I do have a very good reason though (or I think I do): English is not my first language (not even the second to be honest), so..
I apologise and I'll try to double check before I post!

 

[Herr-B]

I guess I must have contributed to your frustration!
I do have a very good reason though (or I think I do): English is not my first language (not even the second to be honest), so..
I apologise and I'll try to double check before I post!

Yes, we can tell by all the mistakes you've, erm, err, made. Erm, are you sure English isn't your first language?

 

[Marshmallow_Fluff]

Yes, we can tell by all the mistakes you've, erm, err, made. Erm, are you sure English isn't your first language?

Oh, yes! And I have a whole thread to prove it!!
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/edit-a-thread-tittle.116633/

 

[byegad]

I usually ignore that type of post. It can be like Bletchley Park on a bad day as you try to decipher the meaning from some posts. While I don't expect perfect English, for a start you can get an odd typing error in the best post, I ignore any post with so many that the meaning isn't clear.

 

[Herr-B]

Oh, yes! And I have a whole thread to prove it!!
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/edit-a-thread-tittle.116633/

The last post in that thread made me chuckle. Third language or not, it's still better than some who have it as their first!

Or should that be whom?

 

[Maz]

When asked how they are, a lot of youngster will reply " I'm doing good ".

I think it's highly commendable that the younger generation partake in charitable causes and such like.

 

[Marshmallow_Fluff]

Or should that be whom?

You're not really asking me, are you?

 

[Herr-B]

You're not really asking me, are you?

No, just a general question. Now I know I was originally correct with who.

 

[colly]

Middle class joke:

Knock knock.

Who's there ?

To.

To who ?

To whom surely ?

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

For me, it's punctation. Sometimes I can not work out the exact meaning of a sentence because there are no commas or full stops involved, thereby changing the entire meaning.
As for spelling, well just settle for the make it up approach, it usually works and when that fails, there is always google to fall back on to.
For those who do not have English as their first language, well it is usually obvious, though not always and it can be quite amusing at times explaining idioms to non-native English language speakers...

Scene. In Germany, standing over my touring bike, holding my husband's bike when 2 German cyclists stop to see if we are OK. I tried, in German (a language I used to be fluent in), explaining to them that my husband was simply "watering a tree". 5 minutes later and all 3 of us are in hysterics when my husband creeps back from behind the huge tree he was watering - they have suddenly figured it out!

 

[Herr-B]

Five minutes to 'water the tree', that's a long time in any language.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Five minutes to 'water the tree', that's a long time in any language.

tell me about it - and you have no idea how common an occurance it was. We had a joke, I drank it, he p______ it. We considered renaming our journal "scent marking our way around the world"

 

[Large]

Save the hyphen!