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Another sign of Slavic speakers is the incorrect usage of "is" where "it is" would be grammatically correct. > Q: What is in auction files? A: Is secret. > Q:
by Pyxl101 10y ago
Another sign of Slavic speakers is the incorrect usage of "is" where "it is" would be grammatically correct.
> Q: What is in auction files? A: Is secret.
> Q: When does auction end? A: Unknown. When we feel is time to end.
A native speaker would say "it's secret" or "it's a secret", or "when we feel it's time [to end it]".
Granted, the text seems a bit like someone imitating a Russian who speaks broken English from the movies. It may well be misdirection. It's possible that non-native speakers from other languages also make this mistake, but I have seen it commonly with Slavic speakers.
- spacemanmatt 10y agoActors playing Russian spies in American movies sound like that, too. I don't think the README contains enough information to read into the writer's native language.
- 4bpp 10y ago(Modern) Russian doesn't even have a verb corresponding to "is", so I'm not convinced that this turn of phrase is a thing that exists outside of American movies.
- Pyxl101 10y agoI have seen actual Slavic non-native English speakers make this mistake (more than one). I haven't inquired into why. I was giving one of those people informal advice to improve their English, and that was one of the things I had to keep reminding them about.