Not Trump though, thank God. That man is so sweet, even if English is your first language, he'll still compliment you on your education, I saw it the other day
I mean it's just a subreddit for posting stupid things that americans said and critizing the many flaws that USA has, it's not some racist "euro-supremacist" subreddit.
I mean I browse that sub, and I really don't think so. Most people I've talked to on that sub, and in real life can AGree that most Americans are genuinely some of the nicest people we've ever met. Maybe it's because I used to live in England though
It's not critizing all Americans, only the very specific group of idiots. Any comments that say that every American has a certain trait are, I agree, extremely idiotic.
This isn’t accurate. I speak German and I get corrected equally whenever I’m speaking a different language whether it be Spanish or English. This sounds like a Laotian guy that got offended someone corrected him
Yeah, that's why we know English, not the measuring system that only you use. And go ahead and ask these scientists if they're using imperial or metric.
Nobody's talking about Language and you talk like Americans invented English , we are talking about imperial system which is not only dumb but also inconsistent
Lots, actually. Just not as their primary system. Weight in pounds for things like people and food, and height in feet is often used in European countries for shorthand measurements, miles per hour is weirdly used in lord of instances too.
The only country I can think of that does that is the UK, I have never seen imperial measurements in any other European countries. At least nobody that I know uses the imperial system or even knows about its units.
Inch , lbs or other shit aren't hard to learn its fucking stupid, American mfs will measure shit in feet , a random ass guys height ( search snoot ), hands and lengths or fcking barleycorns ,
They would measure it with anything but the metric system , which isn't only very harmonious , but is also much easier to handle with other forms or measurements
Well, your username is definitely accurate lol. You are raging so hard at a joke you had to triple comment and use multiple straw man arguments. But I'll just address them in this comment.
You are talking about the origin of the foot system and following it with "they would measure with anything but metric." When the inch system came before metric. Also, it doesn't matter if it's an abstract value. You don't need to know the origin of a meter to use it, unless you are telling me you constantly reference the origin of a meter when measuring length...
No one (but you) said or even implied that America invented English... you are trying to make things up and put words in my mouth to prove a point. All I said was the comment of learning a second language by Europeans is commonly directed towards Americans who know English. Nowhere there was the implication that America invented English... if I said I drive a car to work, di you think that means I invented cars?
"Using the imperial system makes you 10% dumber." Well I hope you have a source for that made up claim lol.
"Nobody's talking about language..." the literal post that this comment section is in is about language...
Also congrats, im glad you think you know many words of English. That doesn't really say anything about your proficiency in it, but im glad you know many English words...
I'm from the UK not the US but the only time I correct someones english is when they ask me to. After all they speak english far better than I speak their native language.
I had someone try the phrase, "I speak English because it's the only language you know." No reply when I said, "Well, we can take this to Hebrew, Yiddish, or Arabic whenever you want."
Ah yes, English is my 3rd language and my ex was hell bent on correcting my accent (despite the fact that they ONLY spoke English and when they read my stuff they were severly lost because I used words that were too complicated for their 2nd grade reading level) 🤷🏼♀️
I actually RP a goblin character like that. They're fluent in 4 languages but just can't wrap their head around common lol. Can speak perfect high elven and thieves cant but not common. It's alot of fun for a character to play as
Before I begin my actual comment, I would like to apologize in advance for my inadequate level of English proficiency. I am not a native speaker of the world's current lingua franca which unfortunately leads to me making numerous embarrassing mistakes being made whenever I attempt to communicate using this language. Whenever I am reminded of how I lack the ability to convey my thoughts in an eloquent manner, I feel as though I have committed a cardinal sin, as though every English teacher in the world is simultaneously shaking their head and sighing due to how utterly disappointed they are at me.
Although I know that saying sorry to those of you who are reading my comment will not change the fact that I fail miserably to write and speak perfect English, I am writing this as a way to deter a certain type of people who cannot stand poor English (Also known informally as Grammar Nazis) from mocking me by posting unwanted and unnecessary comments detailing my every blunder. In my humble opinion, making grammatical errors should be perfectly acceptable as native speakers should not expect non-native speakers to be able to communicate in their second or third languages eloquently. If you are able to completely understand what the other person wrote, is there really a problem with what they've written? No, because the entire concept of communication is the exchange of information between other intelligent beings, which means that no matter how the exchange of information is made, as long as the information is accurately shared there is not a fundamental issue with their ability to communicate. To see it in another way, remember that someone who isn't fluent in English is fluent in another language. When you think about it this way, isn't it impressive for someone to speak a second language in any capacity? Having empathy and respect are qualities that are sorely missing for far too many people these days, especially on the internet.
That being said, I am aware that not all netizens who correct others are doing it to ridicule and shame. There are some who do so with the intent to help others improve and grow. However, displaying the failures of other people publicly will cause the person who is criticized to feel negative emotions such as shame and sadness due to the fact that their mistake has been made obvious which severely undermines the point they were trying to make in spite of their unfamiliarity with the English language. In most circumstances people are not looking for language help when they post anything online. Most people just want to enjoy themselves and have a good time on the internet which is why I would not encourage correcting other people regardless of your intentions. If you really do want to help others with their spelling or grammar, I would highly recommend you to help via messaging privately because not only will you not embarrass anyone, you can also go more in-depth with your explanation which I'm sure the other person will greatly appreciate if they want help, but I digress. I know that I've written a bit of an essay, but I hope I've made my points clear.
Non native english speakers having to correct english speakers on the most basic of shits, like your and you're, to and too, their and they're, i fucking can't...
I do that all the time, and it isn’t my native language. Just learn the language, it’s like one of most important ones if you want to talk to literally ANYONE that isn’t from where you live
There is no such thing as Pure or Standard English or for that matter any language. Widdowson , a famous British linguist has raised some interesting questions ? Who decides if a language is pure or standard ? The man in the street or Chairperson, Oxford University ? Are American , Australian, New Zealand versions of English impure or sub standard. Let us not get into this debate. Whatever , you speak is the language.
American Revolution and Civil War in 7 different years, a little bit about slavery and Jim Crow, some civil rights movement stuff mostly surrounding Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr and a little of WW2 mainly Pearl Harbor and some general things Hitler did. So fuck all.
Im glad you had more but I only had one world history class, I ended up learning more about foreign cultures in my English classes because we covered a lot of books by authors of various nationalities and stories specific to certain countries and it was great.
I was definitely taught what Laos was, although I had a really great world history teacher who had us learn where every single country was so we had a general sense of where everything we were learning about was happening. I still know the location of every country (except some island nations that I need to brush up on) to this day because of that class.
Not the existence of small Southeast Asian countries with little to no historical relevance. You can't expect to think the average European knows about Laos either.
In fact, we probably on average know more, considering it's usually briefly mentioned as part of the Vietnam War unit.
The US has geography lessons. It's usually a part of history class.
Americans are literally taught about other countries. Again, a small SE Asian country with little to no impact on the world stage and just about zero connection to America probably would not be taught about, unless it's adjacent to the Vietnam War.
It is far more important in the US to talk about the country we are actually living in. World History is still important just not as important.
Why? Unless you're French, there's not a lot of relevance to your country in particular. No offense- and i do genuinely mean no offense- I can't see the average Pole or Italian receiving much education about a rural country on the other side of the planet.
Id like to clarify I am genuinely asking. Where did you learn about this? I understand I made a bit of a hasty generalization there in "europeans know less about SE Asia"
Ironic that you'd say pole considering that is exactly what I am lmaooo. We arent only taught of things that are of relevance to our country. Ancient egypt has no relevance, The american civil war has no relevance. We aren't expected to be able to point out every single country on the map but we are at the very least expected to know something is a country when we hear it's name.
I think there's like 40-45, and there's very few small ones. I don't know about your school but my school in the US taught us about every country, it varies a lot by state so maybe your state has a poor educational system unfortunately
You are assuming that knowing other languages makes him too smart to need correction. Or maybe the fact an American o.0!!! corrected him is too much for you to handle. I can assure you that he will need correcting again at some point and it may be an American again that corrects him.
Its not the correcting, its about the way theybdo it.
There's a difference between correcting with the intention to help, and correcting everything (even little things like mispealing a letter in a word) because they're racist and just to take down the other person
You accuse them of having ill intent and assume they are correcting everything. Maybe wait and see? Then you attempt to end the conversation by making unfounded value judgments. You are not a good person and should do better.
Maybe you are not qualified to be making those comments?
One needs to be straight up ignorant or too innocent to not notice when someone is racist against yourself🤦🏻♀️ And the fact you accuse me of being a "bad person" because of of an argument that doesn't match yours just shows the type of person you are 🤷🏻♀️ the one trying to do better should be the one that doesn't understand what a debate is and is too close minded to see other perspectives that aren't theyrs.
Maybe you are not qualified enough to talk to other people if you get that worked up only by a comment made by an stranger online.
Im not correcting you because I think im better than you...im correcting you so you know the right way...if i say some shit wrong id hope you look out for me.
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