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I have definitely noticed that the more time I spend in the US, the worse I am at understanding bad English. More infuriatingly, I have started making their/th

by Swizec 11y ago

I have definitely noticed that the more time I spend in the US, the worse I am at understanding bad English. More infuriatingly, I have started making their/there/they're mistakes. I always thought native speakers were just dumb, but damn it, they really do sound exactly the same.

mootothemax 11y ago
Hmm, you know when people say that it's when you start dreaming in a foreign language that you can tell you've started getting there with it? Maybe struggling with bad language use is also a sign? Fun times with their/there/they're: even if you know you're using the correct one in your head, you can't guarantee that your fingers' muscle memory won't get in the way. After a particularly exhausting week working with MySQL, I lost the ability to type the word "myself." As soon as I start typing "my", the fingers take over and quickly spit out "mysql". It's infuriating!