Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Sunday 18 January 2009 20:10:36 Willie Wong wrote: > >> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 07:49:10PM +0200, Penguin Lover Alan McKinnon >> > squawked: > >>> If I read that message out loud, it sounds suspiciously like a babelfish >>> translation from Japanese to English. Whatever it is, the author of the >>> message is certainly not a native English speaker. >>> >> You have way too much faith in the education system provided by >> English speaking countries. While I cannot argue for most of those >> countries, I can claim, by example, that plenty of >> native-English-speaking red-blooded Americans write in a way not >> dissimilar to the snipplet cited above. >> >> This is not to say your conclusion is wrong; I just don't think it is >> possible to conclude from the evidence given that the author of the >> message is not a native English speaker, when I consider the kind of >> junk submitted to my in-law, who teaches at a fairly affluent suburban >> school district, by students who pretend that they are writing in >> English. >> >> Of course, you can bloody-well argue, by way of Henry Higgins, that >> "in America they haven't spoken [English] for years." :) >> > > Forgive me, I was being foolish again :-) You see, I have this fatal flaw - > assuming that the capacity for logical thought exists; when in fact, upon > examination, one usually finds no such thing.... > > Oddly enough (or maybe not so oddly) if I look around the other desks at > work, > the standard of spoken English is higher amongst the non-native English > speakers. Maybe they actually paid attention in class? > >
Well, English is all I know and sometimes what I type doesn't make sense either. I'm not stupid, I.Q. tests around 160 or so, but even tho it is the only language I know, it is still hard to put something in print that makes sense. Now if you read that and understood it, you are good. LOL This is also one of the things I hate about online dating or friendships. Saying something in print is hard enough, putting feelings into print is impossible. I guess the point is, you have to read something and try to see what applies the most. Some things just aren't meant to make sense. Like what I just wrote. ;-) Dale :-) :-)
