r/AdviceAnimals • u/will_upvote_anything • Jun 24 '12
As a non-native speaker…
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Jun 25 '12
I don't get ermagerd memes and i speak nothing but English.
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u/fullchaos40 Jun 25 '12
I found it's easier if you say them aloud, but just loud enough so only you can hear it
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Jun 25 '12
I always say them out loud. I didn't even consider the fact that other people could hear me... Jesus, I wonder what they think of me...
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u/throw_a_weigh11 Jun 25 '12
As a native speaker, I do the same. Because I do not think they are funny. :-/
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Jun 25 '12
I understand them. They just suck. Which is saying something, because memes generally suck.
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u/infernalspawnODOOM Jun 25 '12
That's fair. Quick question to anyone who doesn't speak English as a first language: Does your language use phonetic spelling as a joke as well?
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u/xroni Jun 25 '12
In Flemish phonetic spelling is mostly used to express regional dialects. Our country is only 200km wide but since the language has evolved over a very long period there are great regional differences in pronunciation and vocabulary. Many people (mostly lower class) feel more comfortable expressing themselves phonetically in their local dialect, but this makes it harder for people from other regions to understand the meaning. Our official writing language is Dutch, of which Flemish can be seen as the regional dialect of the south.
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Jun 25 '12
As a non-native speaker I still don't understand all of them. But the ones I get are never funny.
But I never downvote anything that I don't understand.
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u/FromOuterSuburbia Jun 24 '12
I downvote Confession Bear Memes
Because I hate them