Firstly, that was a fox, not a hairy thing.Zitat von Karl
Seondly, when you study a language, any kind of informal writing is drilled out of your head. That's why I tend to sound like a total ass when speaking or writing English.
I guess it is kind of the same for the others. You tend to think more thoroughly about what and especially how you want to convey it. So, smileys and common platitudes are left out.
Geändert von Icetongue (12.09.2011 um 18:04 Uhr)
Now you've done it. You wicked, wicked little thing just spoiled the tensionFirstly, that was a fox, not a hairy thing.
Animexx musst be a well of german prodigies :x
What a nice thread! I can't speak/write english very well, but I will post here to improve my english skills, just like Karl.
@Topic: I come from a rural area, where summertime is partytime. So I was often at home and not in the city where I go to the college. So I spent most of my summer at partys, although I should have rather studied^^'
Right now I study all day long, stupid tests-.-'
P.S. If you see some grammar mistakes, please tell me, I want to improve!
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Oh, you're such a prick sometimes...Seondly, when you study a language, any kind of informal writing is drilled out of your head. That's why I tend to sound like a total ass when speaking or writing English.
Yeah, people tell me that I sound like an Australian when I speak English. That's just friggin' fantastic, because I've never been to Australia and I know how the accent sounds like only because I watch Crocodile Hunter and Steve Irviniswas my goddamn hero ("It's awroyght, matey! I won't hurt cha, chap!"). Dude had balls of steel (no pun intended).
@Turgon: I think your English's okay so farMy English ain't perfect either. Which is just great because I'm contributing action movie reviews for an English language-website
@ Valada et al.*: Sorry, I didn't mean to trigger such a discussion. The corrections weren't really meant to be taken seriously, as they were deliberately nit-picky. But I guess light sarcasm works even worse in foreign languages than it does in the internet to begin with. ^^" The "You're welcome" was meant as the hint for that, anyways.
Also, the "their" correction (where, I think, few natives would have objected to the "his or her" variant (except maybe feminists insisting on "her or his" XO) anyways, so it's really more a comment than a correction) had the correction in the quote, the link was just meant to be a reference (as I'm already used to discussing this particular peculiarity of the language). If you overlooked that, it's not really my fault. Also, as it wasn't meant seriously, I just used the first reference I could find and didn't search for a German one (which, I agree, would of course make much more sense for a real correction).
Anyways, as said, I'm sorry to have come across as rude or unhelpful, and I agree we might need some rules for this. Although several people have already explicitly asked for being corrected, so it should at least be OK to correct those. (I myself would also like to be corrected, btw.)
XD
Ah, just build some Nazi reference into your pen name and German-y English could actually become your gimmick! ;P@Turgon: I think your English's okay so far
@ Karl: Sorry, but I flat-out refuse to let my use of smileys be influenced by the language I write!
* I also flat-out deny that wirting my Master's thesis influences my English in any way.
A human is a system for converting dust billions of years ago into dust billions of years from now via a roundabout process which involves checking email a lot.
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