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Want to speak English better? (pg. 2)
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| Boomer187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ygrene
Maybe someone in this thread will be able to tell Wilford Brimley how to say 'diabetes' properly. |
i have diabeetez
and drive thru, they are not gonna spend the money to spell out drive through, and it gets the point across. |
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| narcism |
sorry to rain on the parade but i think he is speaking fairly good english, at least you can understand what he is saying....
, ive spent too long in a non english speaking country :eek: |
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| Boomer187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by prothoid
makes more sense to go dd.mm.yy, then you have things in increasing order. order is good. |
huh? it onyl makes sense to do things the way you are most comfortable with. Americans...month/day/year :) |
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| Echo of Silence |
| quote: | Originally posted by Boomer187
i have diabeetez
and drive thru, they are not gonna spend the money to spell out drive through, and it gets the point across. |
Is 'thru' even a word? Or is it like a short cut?
lol, if Sand Leaper were here, he would say DIC DOT COM IT!
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| Boomer187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Echo of Silence
Is 'thru' even a word? Or is it like a short cut?
lol, if Sand Leaper were here, he would say DIC DOT COM IT!
:D |
shortcut that might have made it to our language. If its used by enough people it sure will be in there. |
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| jdat |
| quote: | Originally posted by narcism
sorry to rain on the parade but i think he is speaking fairly good english, at least you can understand what he is saying....
, ive spent too long in a non english speaking country :eek: |
yeah and he's really making an effort compared to some of the yankee and british f*cks who make constant mistakes :haha: |
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| Boomer187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by jdat
yeah, and he's really making an effort compared to some of the yankee and british f*cks who make constant mistakes. :haha: |
dont forget your commas and periods you yankke f$ck |
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| narcism |
| quote: | Originally posted by jdat
yeah and he's really making an effort compared to some of the yankee and british f*cks who make constant mistakes :haha: |
;) it was more chrissi's correction of what he was saying,
they were only minor things and weren't really necessary |
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| Echo of Silence |
| quote: | Originally posted by narcism
sorry to rain on the parade but i think he is speaking fairly good english, at least you can understand what he is saying....
, ive spent too long in a non english speaking country :eek: |
you pwn me!
:D
Yes, he's totally understandable. And really, that's what matters I think. |
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| jdat |
| quote: | Originally posted by Boomer187
dont forget your commas and periods you yankke f$ck |
speak for yourself! :p |
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| jdat |
| quote: | Originally posted by narcism
;) it was more chrissi's correction of what he was saying,
they were only minor things and weren't really necessary |
I get confused by british accents at times and even more so by the aussie ones. I need to find a phone buddy to call in Aussie-land :p ( free unlimited calls :stongue: ( ok I have mentionned that fact way too many times on TA ) |
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| Boomer187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by jdat
speak for yourself! :p |
you caught my joke heehe.
actually I was thinking, we aren't really answering that guys question, what is the best way to learn engrish better? Is it to mnake a thread and point out specific examples? is it to read specific books, fiction or nonfiction/textbook? I dunno, but id like to know incase I wanna elarn another language beside english and piglatin. |
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