On Sat, 16 Nov 2013 02:12:16 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 2:02 AM, Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
> wrote:
>> And yes, people can _easily_ tell the difference between errors caused
>> by being lazy/sloppy and errors caused by writing in a second language.
>
> Yes, and even among people for whom English is the first language,
> idioms can cause offense. On another list I'm on (Savoynet), one person
> got somewhat offended at someone apparently calling him completely
> ignorant, when actually no such slight was intended.
> Welcome to English, where we all use the same words (mostly) but you
> really need to be careful talking about knocking someone up...
>
> ChrisA
And "Bumming a fag" can be taken completely the wrong way.
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