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Topic: watch what you say
lilith401's photo
Thu 04/03/08 02:59 PM


thank you..bigsmile


Absolutely anytime! smokin

hikerchick's photo
Thu 04/03/08 03:00 PM



I was thinking it might mean name calling. My best guess.


If people have to guess and try to translate what you are saying then you can't get upset when they call you out on spelling and grammar.

We are not just being school teachers here - we are trying to figure out what people are saying, and if their grammar and spelling is so bad that we can't understand what they mean, then it makes communication difficult.
noway But you said in another post that people talking around you in another language wouldn't bother YOU at all?
So, WHY, should spelling ENGLISH in a group bother YOU at all??
Just wondering?? It is also in JUST a broken ENGLISH..:wink:


those were people talking to each other, not to me. If someone posts a thread and I don't understand it, I don't think they should call me mean or rude for asking them to translate it. And if they want people to understand it, they should try to make it at least somewhat understandable. We don't all speak gibberish.


hikerchick's photo
Thu 04/03/08 03:01 PM

name calling is mean, not everybody is perfect, you shouldn't need a BA to post a thread, or make fun of their education by over correcting

do we have the right to ask them to translate when we don't understand their mangled English?

And name calling is mean, that is agreed.

hikerchick's photo
Thu 04/03/08 03:02 PM

If spelling & grammer are that bad, why not ignore them, rather then make a long no point thread of it.

There are many things in life beyond our PERSONAL control.

Control yourself & let others do the same.

Manners are the most needed thing.


the bad speller is the one who started the thread..not the critics.

hikerchick's photo
Thu 04/03/08 03:03 PM




I was thinking it might mean name calling. My best guess.


If people have to guess and try to translate what you are saying then you can't get upset when they call you out on spelling and grammar.

We are not just being school teachers here - we are trying to figure out what people are saying, and if their grammar and spelling is so bad that we can't understand what they mean, then it makes communication difficult.
noway But you said in another post that people talking around you in another language wouldn't bother YOU at all?
So, WHY, should spelling ENGLISH in a group bother YOU at all??
Just wondering?? It is also in JUST a broken ENGLISH..:wink:


Maybe, she should have been clearer. She used to live in Miami and it was very difficult for her. I lived in SW Florida during the cuban crisis. Not exactly a stellar place to live. Kitty is a very nice person and doens't deserve to be battered every step she takes. Some people like to stir the pot and get the fire going.


yes, she does like to stir the pot.

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