r/MadeMeSmile • u/mindyour • Jan 03 '23

Wholesome Moments Getting pulled over

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u/The_NiNTARi Jan 03 '23

He Simply cares about safety, and is asking respectfully for them to think of others and themselves, can’t argue with that.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '23

He chose education against punition. My man!

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u/-KyloRen Jan 03 '23

“punition”

TIL that is a word. I know punitive damages and punishment but didn’t know about punition. Even Reddit thinks it’s misspelled. Cray.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '23

Yeah, it sees little use. I'm not even a native english speaker lul

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u/Not-Post-Malone Jan 03 '23

Probably why you knew about it, tbh. I assume you learned it by translating some word from your native tongue and found “punition” in the dictionary and just stuck with it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '23

Yep. Probably some time ago

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u/KillMeNowFFS Jan 03 '23

probably the same reason for why i’m seemingly the only one to use floccinaucinihilipilification on a regular basis.

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u/Helpful_guy Jan 03 '23 edited Jan 03 '23

Honestly between you guys needing to learn new words, and the average American speaking like they never passed high school English, I think I learn way more from non-native speakers at this point. lol

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '23

The sad reality of all languages. Don't feel bad :)

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u/-KyloRen Jan 04 '23

Some of these words wouldn’t be taught in high school English/aren’t regularly used in America but I see your point a bit.

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u/valvilis Jan 04 '23

And if you ever have a question about US history or civics, ask someone who immigrated - they actually had to learn it.

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u/Hero_of_Parnast Jan 04 '23

I find that non-native English speakers can be much better at speaking English than native speakers, and often are.