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| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6550 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 25 of 40 20 December 2012 at 6:14pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
A bit of advice. Christina - stop being so sensitive. Guy who doesn't like Christina's English - STOP SMOKING CRACK! Jesus, how good does somebody's typing need to be for you not to be confused? 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5334 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 26 of 40 20 December 2012 at 6:22pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I am afraid you might as well ask me to stop having blue eyes :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| beano Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4622 days ago 1049 posts - 2152 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian, Serbian, Hungarian | Message 27 of 40 20 December 2012 at 6:52pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Cristina, I always enjoy reading your posts and I wasn't even aware of any spelling issues. I find the whole
Scandinavian attitude towards languages fascinating and you provide an insight into that mindset. Native English speakers are hardly immune to making spelling errors, such is the haphazard nature of the orthography. Even people who are pernickety about these matters are not infallible, we all have mental blocks about certain words. Another thing to your credit is the fact that you have embraced your dyslexia and made efforts to overcome it. Some people with this condition use it as an excuse to hide behind. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Luso Hexaglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 6061 days ago 819 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, French, EnglishC2, GermanB1, Italian, Spanish Studies: Sanskrit, Arabic (classical) | Message 28 of 40 20 December 2012 at 7:16pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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The simple fact that you took the time to come here and apologise (when there was no need to) speaks for itself.
You are one of the reasons why I keep coming here. And, I believe, many others. Edited by Luso on 20 December 2012 at 7:18pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6597 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 29 of 40 20 December 2012 at 8:45pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Do we even have people who are still learning English? I mean obviously you shouldn't ever stop, but the way I see it, the rule is more against lazy spelling than for taking care of the poor non-natives who might not understand. Even if a non-native here is still intermediate or so, he/she already uses the Internet.
Besides, a non-native is more likely to know the word compliment than complement, so while theoretically this might be confusing, a mistake of a fellow non-native is usually easier to understand than to make sense of "there car broke" and other native mistakes. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Siberiano Tetraglot Senior Member Russian Federation one-giant-leap.Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6493 days ago 465 posts - 696 votes Speaks: Russian*, English, ItalianC1, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Serbian | Message 30 of 40 20 December 2012 at 8:46pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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> "If I could I would give you a standing ovation I would"
What a big deal! Don't bother, you're not a candy for everyone to like. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Siberiano Tetraglot Senior Member Russian Federation one-giant-leap.Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6493 days ago 465 posts - 696 votes Speaks: Russian*, English, ItalianC1, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Serbian | Message 31 of 40 20 December 2012 at 8:47pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I wish anyone corrected my early Portunhol messages. I actually think he secretly likes Christin. Edited by Siberiano on 20 December 2012 at 8:49pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| jondesousa Tetraglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/Zgg3nRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6264 days ago 227 posts - 297 votes Speaks: English*, Portuguese, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Mandarin, Spanish | Message 32 of 40 20 December 2012 at 9:42pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Christina,
Your posts are always helpful and inspiring. I generally notice most spelling errors in texts that I read because I am maybe a little too analytical. That being said, I read your post quickly and didn't notice the spelling issues until I had very carefully read the text twice. I would not worry about such things as the value you provide to our community far outweighs the disheartening feedback you received. Try not to waste so much good study time on someone who is focusing his/her efforts on the wrong things. 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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