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leosmith
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Message 17 of 43

05 July 2011 at 2:46am | IP Logged

Bao wrote:

'to be fair on the eye'

to be easy on the eyes

Cainntear wrote:

"fair on" is less common

Not to Australians, at least when they are saying "good on ya, mate". I know you're a swimmer. Do you have one of
those crocodile dundee knives hidden on you at all times? You might just be Australian.

Iversen wrote:

Well, Leosmith's message showed clearly that he didn't ask for reasons to lie about some unidentified
native English speaker - he wanted to discuss people who falsely claim to be native English speakers. So the formulation
was definitely misleading.

Next question: why did it happen? Inserting "being" would have saved the question, but I checked that there wasn't
room for that. Finally: I have read other messages from Leosmith, and he doesn't appear to be your average spammer,
nor an outlandish foreign alien falsely pretending to be an Anglophone American citizen. So I believe that the
formulation just was an isolated lingustic mishap caused by unexpected external constraints.

I consider my self somewhat trollish, with just enough helpful posts to keep you from canning me. In all honesty
though, I typed a meaningful title, then just cut out words until it fit. I was too tired to worry about the correctness. Do I
need to take the star off of my English now? :)
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Message 18 of 43

05 July 2011 at 2:58am | IP Logged

leosmith wrote:

I consider my self somewhat trollish, with just enough helpful posts to keep you from canning me.

At times I wonder if you also PMS. :)

And, guess I should start googling expressions again when I'm not 100% sure that I heard/read them exactly like that in a situation I can recall. (Well, no. I'm too lazy. That is why I won't reach actual native speaker level in English.)

Edited by Bao on 05 July 2011 at 3:00am
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leosmith
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Message 19 of 43

05 July 2011 at 3:15am | IP Logged

Bao wrote:

leosmith wrote:

I consider my self somewhat trollish, with just enough helpful posts to keep you
from canning me.

At times I wonder if you also PMS. :)

That was below the waist :)
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05 July 2011 at 4:27am | IP Logged

leosmith wrote:

Bao wrote:

leosmith wrote:

I consider my self somewhat trollish, with just enough helpful posts to keep you
from canning me.

At times I wonder if you also PMS. :)

That was below the waist :)

Well, I tend to become quite bitchy myself. :P
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05 July 2011 at 4:49am | IP Logged

Bao wrote:

leosmith wrote:

Bao wrote:

leosmith wrote:

I consider my self somewhat trollish, with just
enough helpful posts to keep you
from canning me.

At times I wonder if you also PMS. :)

That was below the waist :)

Well, I tend to become quite bitchy myself. :P

I know. But that was supposed to be a pun. Below the waist...get it? Work with me - I'm trying to get you to pass as
native.
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Message 22 of 43

05 July 2011 at 5:20am | IP Logged

leosmith wrote:

Bao wrote:

leosmith wrote:

Bao wrote:

leosmith wrote:

I consider my self somewhat trollish, with just
enough helpful posts to keep you
from canning me.

At times I wonder if you also PMS. :)

That was below the waist :)

Well, I tend to become quite bitchy myself. :P

I know. But that was supposed to be a pun. Below the waist...get it? Work with me - I'm trying to get you to pass as native.

I honestly can't even try that when I've been concentrating on content in another language for hours. But, I guess ... it could also be a pun to go back to the literal meaning of an expression that is mostly used figuratively? Ok, I seem to be missing something important here.
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Message 23 of 43

05 July 2011 at 9:27am | IP Logged

leosmith wrote:

In all honesty though, I typed a meaningful title, then just cut out words until it fit. I was too tired to worry about the correctness. Do I
need to take the star off of my English now? :)

Oh, no you'll just be taunted for a while.
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Message 24 of 43

06 July 2011 at 3:25am | IP Logged

Even though I'm technically not a native English speaker (born in China, lived for 10
years), I lived in the US for so long that I speak English better than Chinese (I'm still
fluent in Chinese, it's just so out of use)

Depending on the situation, I will tell people my native language is either Chinese or
English.
For example, I put English as my native language on my resume because I do actually speak
it much more fluently than Chinese, and would rather use English during interviews.
However, if someone is conversing with me personally and asks about where I'm from and
what my native language is, I would say from China, native language is Chinese.

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